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Hla typing a b or c 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

$799.20

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.

$1,332.00

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.

$57.32 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,065.60 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 $57.32 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $58.00 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $58.57 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $59.16 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $59.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $59.74 ↓ -93%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $61.32 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $62.06 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.63 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $62.64 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $63.32 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $86.35 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $86.35 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $86.35 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $88.51 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $100.48 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $110.29 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $133.78 ↓ -83%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $407.59 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $479.52 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $503.50 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $530.00 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $580.75 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $624.18 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $684.65 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $739.26 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $740.59 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $879.12 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $892.44 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $896.44 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,038.96 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,038.96 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,065.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,065.60 ↑ +33%

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Hla typing a b or c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $874.80 $53.90 – $752.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $424.20 $48.35 – $636.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $669.60 $52.60 – $948.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,663.20 $57.32 – $2,356.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $322.80 $57.32 – $403.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $562.20 $50.08 – $796.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $967.20 $57.32 – $1,088.10

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