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Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med 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

$198.00

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.

$330.00

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.

$7.20 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $177.33 with Multiplan — 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.20 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.20 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $9.72 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $14.32 ↓ -93%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $14.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.70 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $16.87 ↓ -91%
Aetna Commercial $17.17 ↓ -91%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $18.04 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.80 ↓ -90%
Wirerope Works Commercial $20.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna First Health $23.76 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Commercial $24.12 ↓ -88%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $24.23 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.62 ↓ -88%
Cigna Commercial $24.66 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Auto $28.08 ↓ -86%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $28.08 ↓ -86%
America's Choice PPO $28.80 ↓ -85%
InterGroup PPO $28.80 ↓ -85%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $32.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $89.40 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $160.53 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $177.33 ↓ -10%

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Immobilizer shldr dlx str 24-36in med at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $273.00 $11.04 – $330.46
UPMC Muncy Muncy $198.00 $7.95 – $160.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $94.80 $39.50 – $506.41
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $499.80 $5.06 – $607.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $760.80 $3.72 – $676.62
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $421.80 $37.20 – $513.51
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $239.20 $8.78 – $160.53

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