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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn 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

$723.60

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.

$1,206.00

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.

$10.21 with UPMC Work Partners vs $964.80 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 $10.21 ↓ -99%
Geisinger CHIP $10.33 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $10.43 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.54 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $10.64 ↓ -99%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $10.92 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $11.05 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.16 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.16 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.28 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.59 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.59 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $15.59 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.98 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.14 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.91 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $24.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $369.04 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $434.16 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $455.87 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $479.87 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $525.82 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $565.13 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $619.88 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $669.33 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $670.54 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $795.96 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $808.02 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $811.64 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $940.68 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $940.68 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $964.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $964.80 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step hepatitis b surface agn at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $117.00 $8.61 – $175.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $723.60 $10.21 – $964.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.20 $9.37 – $107.95
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $174.00 $9.60 – $246.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $428.40 $10.21 – $606.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.00 $10.21 – $58.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $114.60 $8.92 – $162.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $875.20 $10.21 – $984.60

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