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Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) 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

$4,599.00

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.

$7,665.00

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.

$373.84 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,132.00 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $373.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $377.61 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $381.32 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $381.32 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $396.12 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $399.79 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $399.83 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $809.54 ↓ -82%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $866.02 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $894.26 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,049.90 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,108.16 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,341.94 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $3,591.82 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $3,656.20 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,840.16 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,215.75 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $4,261.74 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $5,058.90 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $5,135.55 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $5,158.55 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,242.86 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $5,250.52 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $5,978.70 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $5,978.70 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $6,132.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $6,132.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Largsc w/rmvl foreign bdy(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,769.20 $344.04 – $5,339.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,993.40 $308.61 – $4,490.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,633.20 $399.83 – $6,563.70

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