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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img 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

$7,670.40

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.

$12,784.00

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.

$993.28 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $10,227.20 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 $993.28 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,234.51 ↓ -71%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,390.41 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,468.36 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,397.51 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,431.83 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $3,465.48 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,465.48 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,600.06 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,633.37 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,633.70 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,086.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $5,183.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,573.82 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $5,990.58 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $6,097.97 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,404.78 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $7,031.20 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $7,107.90 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $8,437.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $8,565.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $8,603.63 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $8,744.26 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $8,757.04 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $9,971.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9,971.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $10,227.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $10,227.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $14,346.00 $2,234.51 – $20,323.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11,944.80 $2,515.16 – $17,917.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,416.80 $2,234.51 – $11,923.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $11,676.60 $931.20 – $16,541.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $11,758.20 $892.40 – $14,697.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $8,686.20 $2,234.51 – $12,305.45

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