Left compres band <3"/yd at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$4.20
Cash price 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.
$7.00
Gross charge 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.
$0.54 with Aetna vs $2.46 with Multiplan — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $0.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $0.80 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $0.81 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $0.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $0.94 | ↓ -78% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $0.95 | ↓ -77% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1.00 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1.10 | ↓ -74% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $1.11 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1.19 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | First Health | $1.32 | ↓ -69% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1.34 | ↓ -68% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $1.35 | ↓ -68% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1.37 | ↓ -67% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $1.37 | ↓ -67% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $1.56 | ↓ -63% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $1.56 | ↓ -63% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1.60 | ↓ -62% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $1.60 | ↓ -62% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $1.80 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2.23 | ↓ -47% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $2.46 | ↓ -41% |
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Left compres band <3"/yd at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1.20 | $2.16 – $2.23 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $1.80 | $2.23 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1.80 | $0.99 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1.80 | $2.23 – $6.60 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1.20 | $1.09 – $6.50 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1.20 | $1.19 – $2.38 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1.20 | $2.18 – $9.43 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $3.00 | $1.12 – $10.50 |