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Intrapul surf admin endo tube 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

$60.60

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.

$101.00

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.

$40.19 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $209.42 with PA Health & Wellness — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.19 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $40.96 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.04 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $47.33 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $48.18 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $50.60 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $55.55 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $56.16 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $60.65 ↑ +0%
Aetna First Health $66.66 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $67.67 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $67.97 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.08 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $69.19 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $78.78 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $78.78 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $80.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $80.80 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $90.90 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $94.01 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $103.84 ↑ +71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $195.81 ↑ +223%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $197.79 ↑ +226%
Aetna Medicare $199.73 ↑ +230%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $199.73 ↑ +230%
United Healthcare Medicare $207.48 ↑ +242%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $209.40 ↑ +246%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $209.42 ↑ +246%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Intrapul surf admin endo tube at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $60.60 $15.15 – $94.01
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $73.60 $16.56 – $94.01

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