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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution 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

$72.00

Cash price

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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.

$120.00

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.

$18.11 with PA Health & Wellness vs $108.00 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $18.11 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.11 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.11 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.11 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.11 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $18.29 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.47 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.62 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.65 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $18.65 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.38 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.56 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.92 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.92 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.54 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $35.95 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $47.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $48.66 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $52.32 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $56.23 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $57.24 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $60.12 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $66.72 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $79.20 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $80.40 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $80.76 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $82.08 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $82.20 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $93.60 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $93.60 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $96.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $96.00 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $108.00 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Iron dextran 50 mg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $92.80 $11.43 – $72.21
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $11.43 – $68.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $239.40 $11.43 – $169.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $194.40 $11.43 – $275.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10.20 $5.72 – $18.11
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $96.80 $11.43 – $68.20
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $194.40 $18.11 – $275.40

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