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Inj for ext venography 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

$438.00

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.

$730.00

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.

$48.02 with Geisinger vs $584.00 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
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.02 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $48.02 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $48.02 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.22 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $55.87 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.33 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $74.39 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $118.71 ↓ -73%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $126.99 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $131.13 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $197.10 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $290.47 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $296.01 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $318.28 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $342.08 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $348.21 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $365.73 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $405.88 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $481.80 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $489.10 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $491.29 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $499.32 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $500.05 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $569.40 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $569.40 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $584.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $584.00 ↑ +33%

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Inj for ext venography at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $507.00 $48.02 – $718.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $403.20 $48.02 – $604.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $873.60 $48.02 – $1,164.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.60 $48.02 – $434.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $602.40 $48.02 – $853.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,152.60 $48.02 – $1,440.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $440.40 $48.02 – $623.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,056.80 $48.02 – $1,188.90

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