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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets 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

$968.40

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.

$1,614.00

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.

$205.34 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,291.20 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.

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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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $205.34 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $259.92 ↓ -73%
Geisinger CHIP $262.99 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $265.57 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $268.25 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $270.88 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $270.88 ↓ -72%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $278.05 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare $281.40 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $284.00 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $284.03 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $287.12 ↓ -70%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $493.88 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $581.04 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $610.09 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $642.21 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $703.70 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $756.32 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $829.60 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $887.70 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $895.77 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $897.38 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,065.24 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,081.38 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,086.22 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,258.92 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,258.92 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,291.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,291.20 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid multiplex amplified probe gi pathogen 6-11 targets at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $742.20 $196.33 – $1,113.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,008.00 $238.51 – $1,428.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $848.40 $198.20 – $1,201.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,000.80 $192.50 – $1,417.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $553.20 $184.48 – $691.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $880.20 $198.20 – $1,246.95

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