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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycoplasma pneumoniae 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

$54.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$27.39 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $72.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $27.39 ↓ -49%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $27.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $32.40 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $34.02 ↓ -37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -36%
Geisinger CHIP $35.09 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $35.43 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $35.79 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.81 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare $36.14 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.14 ↓ -33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $37.09 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.55 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -30%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $38.30 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $39.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $42.17 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $46.26 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $49.50 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $49.95 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $50.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $59.40 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $60.30 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $60.57 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $70.20 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $70.20 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $72.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $72.00 ↑ +33%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycoplasma pneumoniae at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $476.40 $29.25 – $714.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $54.00 $13.50 – $72.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $31.82 – $433.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $371.40 $32.61 – $526.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,446.00 $25.68 – $2,048.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $24.61 – $244.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $349.80 $30.30 – $495.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $65.40 $14.71 – $73.58

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