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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$292.80
Cash price 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.
$488.00
Gross charge 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.
$25.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $387.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $25.51 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $25.51 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $25.51 | ↓ -91% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $26.15 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $29.68 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $32.58 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $34.68 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | CHIP | $35.09 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $35.43 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $35.79 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $36.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $36.14 | ↓ -88% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $37.09 | ↓ -87% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $37.55 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $37.89 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $37.90 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $38.30 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $39.52 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $148.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $174.24 | ↓ -40% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $182.95 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $192.58 | ↓ -34% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $211.02 | ↓ -28% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $226.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $248.78 | ↓ -15% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $268.62 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $269.10 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | First Health | $319.44 | ↑ +9% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $324.28 | ↑ +11% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $325.73 | ↑ +11% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $377.52 | ↑ +29% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $377.52 | ↑ +29% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $387.20 | ↑ +32% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $387.20 | ↑ +32% |
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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $355.80 | $25.51 – $533.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $290.40 | $25.51 – $387.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $189.00 | $25.51 – $267.75 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $372.00 | $17.00 – $91.01 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,109.40 | $23.19 – $1,571.65 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $195.60 | $23.19 – $222.75 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $349.80 | $25.51 – $349.35 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,081.60 | $14.71 – $73.58 |