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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c 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

$778.80

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,298.00

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.

$42.34 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,038.40 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 $42.34 ↓ -95%
Geisinger CHIP $42.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $43.26 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.62 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.62 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $43.62 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $43.70 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $44.13 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $44.13 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $44.71 ↓ -94%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $45.29 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $45.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $46.26 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $46.27 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $46.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $50.75 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55.71 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.57 ↓ -91%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $397.19 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $467.28 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $490.64 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $516.47 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $565.93 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $608.24 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $667.17 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $720.39 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $721.69 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $856.68 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $869.66 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $873.55 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,012.44 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,012.44 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,038.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,038.40 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $443.40 $35.71 – $665.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $778.80 $42.34 – $1,038.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $346.80 $38.85 – $491.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $411.00 $39.81 – $582.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $542.40 $39.65 – $768.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $243.00 $39.65 – $298.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $975.00 $36.99 – $1,381.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $941.60 $39.65 – $1,059.30

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