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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative 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

$174.60

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.

$291.00

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.

$5.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $232.80 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 $5.50 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.50 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.50 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.64 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $6.40 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.03 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.08 ↓ -95%
Geisinger CHIP $8.17 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.25 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $8.33 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.42 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $8.42 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.52 ↓ -95%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $8.64 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.74 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.82 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.82 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $8.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $89.05 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $104.76 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $110.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $115.79 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $126.88 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $136.36 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $149.57 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $161.50 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $161.80 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $192.06 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $194.97 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $195.84 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $226.98 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $226.98 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $232.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $232.80 ↑ +33%

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Ketone body(s) beta-hydroxybutyrate quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.60 $5.50 – $285.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $55.80 $5.50 – $83.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $174.60 $5.50 – $232.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $43.80 $5.50 – $62.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,114.80 $5.00 – $1,579.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $42.00 $5.50 – $52.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $52.80 $5.50 – $74.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $211.20 $5.00 – $237.60

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