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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at UPMC Williamsport

700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$129.60

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$216.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$11.96 with UPMC Work Partners vs $172.80 with InterGroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.96 ↓ -91%
Geisinger CHIP $12.11 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.23 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.35 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.47 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $12.47 ↓ -90%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $12.80 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.96 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.08 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.08 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $13.21 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.02 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.02 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $15.02 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.39 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $17.47 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.18 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.26 ↓ -82%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $66.10 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $77.76 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $81.65 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $85.95 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $94.18 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $101.22 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $111.02 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $119.88 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $120.10 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $142.56 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $144.72 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $145.37 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $168.48 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $168.48 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $172.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $172.80 ↑ +33%

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Hemolysins and agglutinins incubated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $91.80 $11.25 – $122.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $98.40 $10.09 – $147.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $157.20 $10.98 – $222.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $276.00 $11.96 – $391.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $91.20 $10.46 – $129.20

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