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Kit lead specify 5-6-5 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

$12,081.00

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.

$20,135.00

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.

$160.40 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $721.80 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
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $160.40 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $160.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $216.54 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $264.66 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $280.70 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $319.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $325.21 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $349.67 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $375.82 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial $382.55 ↓ -97%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $401.80 ↓ -97%
Wirerope Works Commercial $445.91 ↓ -96%
Aetna First Health $529.32 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Commercial $537.34 ↓ -96%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $539.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $548.57 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $549.37 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Auto $625.56 ↓ -95%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $625.56 ↓ -95%
America's Choice PPO $641.60 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $641.60 ↓ -95%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $721.80 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Kit lead specify 5-6-5 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $41,212.80 $216.24 – $10,400.32
UPMC Muncy Muncy $11,398.80 $120.30 – $721.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7,816.20 $212.50 – $15,937.99
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $17,425.20 $44.00 – $19,112.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $54,950.40 $32.04 – $21,295.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $6,860.40 $2,174.09 – $16,161.66
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $13,784.80 $165.60 – $828.00

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