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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent 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

$193.20

Cash price

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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.

$322.00

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.

$33.52 with UPMC Work Partners vs $257.60 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $33.52 ↓ -83%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $35.86 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $37.03 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $90.66 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $124.09 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $125.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare $126.58 ↓ -34%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $126.58 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $128.12 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $130.57 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.49 ↓ -32%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -31%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $140.39 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $150.89 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $153.59 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $161.32 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $177.10 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $179.03 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $212.52 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $215.74 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $216.71 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $220.25 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $220.57 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $251.16 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $251.16 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $257.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $257.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $449.40 $30.78 – $674.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $193.20 $33.52 – $257.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $30.66 – $132.72
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.00 $31.07 – $263.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $175.20 $31.07 – $248.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $248.40 $30.14 – $310.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $90.60 $31.07 – $132.71
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $233.60 $30.14 – $262.80

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