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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$285.60

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.

$476.00

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.

$21.16 with UPMC Health Plan vs $380.80 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 $21.16 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.16 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $21.16 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.69 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.63 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.03 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.79 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.32 ↓ -82%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $54.90 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $56.69 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $68.51 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $69.21 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $69.89 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $69.89 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare $72.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $73.27 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $73.28 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $189.40 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $193.02 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $207.54 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $223.05 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $227.05 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $238.48 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $264.66 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $314.16 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $318.92 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $320.35 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $325.58 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $326.06 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $371.28 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $371.28 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $380.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $380.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $21.16 – $361.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $285.60 $21.16 – $380.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $228.60 $21.16 – $323.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $21.16 – $422.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $687.00 $21.16 – $973.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $171.60 $21.16 – $214.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $697.80 $21.16 – $988.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $285.60 $21.16 – $167.40

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