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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug 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

$165.60

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.

$276.00

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.

$34.12 with UPMC Health Plan vs $220.80 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $34.12 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $34.12 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $34.12 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.98 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $39.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.58 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $52.86 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare $74.52 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $79.99 ↓ -52%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $85.57 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $88.36 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $109.82 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $111.92 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $120.34 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $129.33 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $131.65 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $138.28 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $153.46 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $182.16 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $184.92 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $185.75 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $188.78 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $189.06 ↑ +14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $202.84 ↑ +22%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $204.89 ↑ +24%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $206.90 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Medicare $214.93 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Auto $215.28 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $215.28 ↑ +30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $216.92 ↑ +31%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $216.94 ↑ +31%
America's Choice PPO $220.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $220.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic IV push single/initial substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $203.40 $34.12 – $305.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $165.60 $34.12 – $220.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $34.12 – $433.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $422.40 $34.12 – $598.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $438.00 $34.12 – $620.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $522.00 $34.12 – $485.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $238.80 $34.12 – $338.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $200.00 $34.12 – $225.00

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