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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe pneumocystis jirovecii 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

$290.40

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.

$484.00

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.

$34.10 with UPMC Work Partners vs $387.20 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 $34.10 ↓ -88%
Geisinger CHIP $35.09 ↓ -88%
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 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $35.79 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $36.14 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.14 ↓ -88%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $36.48 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.55 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $37.67 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -87%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $148.10 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $174.24 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $182.95 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $192.58 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $211.02 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $226.80 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $248.78 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $266.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $268.62 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $269.10 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $319.44 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $324.28 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $325.73 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $377.52 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $377.52 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $387.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $387.20 ↑ +33%

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Mayo infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe pneumocystis jirovecii at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $355.80 $12.34 – $533.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $290.40 $34.10 – $387.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $189.00 $31.82 – $267.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $372.00 $21.64 – $527.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,109.40 $12.46 – $1,571.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $349.80 $21.66 – $495.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $290.40 $34.10 – $435.60

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