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700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$107.40
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.
$179.00
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.
$48.33 with Aetna vs $143.20 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $48.33 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $71.22 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $72.58 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $78.04 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $83.88 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $85.38 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $89.68 | ↓ -16% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $98.45 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $99.52 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $104.55 | ↓ -3% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $111.84 | ↑ +4% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $115.49 | ↑ +8% |
| Aetna | First Health | $118.14 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $119.93 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $120.47 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $122.44 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $122.61 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $139.62 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $139.62 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $143.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $143.20 | ↑ +33% |
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Inj lwr xtr fscl pln blk uni w/wo image at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $45.00 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $38.03 – $162.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $108.00 | $45.00 – $153.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $144.00 | $38.39 – $204.00 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $108.00 | $45.00 – $153.00 |