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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step shiga-like toxin 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

$115.80

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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$193.00

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.

$11.84 with UPMC Work Partners vs $154.40 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 $11.84 ↓ -90%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $12.67 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $13.08 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.40 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $15.59 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.11 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.76 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $52.11 ↓ -55%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $59.06 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $69.48 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $72.95 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $76.79 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $84.15 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $90.44 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $99.20 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $107.11 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $107.31 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $127.38 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $129.31 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $129.89 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $150.54 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $150.54 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $154.40 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent antigen immunoassay ql/sq multi step shiga-like toxin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $74.40 $9.99 – $111.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $115.80 $11.84 – $154.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $10.86 – $140.25
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $108.00 $11.13 – $153.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,159.20 $11.84 – $363.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $11.84 – $83.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $116.40 $10.34 – $164.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $140.00 $11.84 – $157.50

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