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Mitomycin instillation 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

$818.40

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.

$1,023.00

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.

$277.44 with UPMC Work Partners vs $920.70 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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 $277.44 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $306.49 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $318.53 ↓ -61%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $318.53 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $318.53 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $318.53 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $318.53 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $321.65 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $324.90 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $327.61 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $328.09 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare $328.09 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $340.83 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $344.01 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $350.38 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $350.38 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $407.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $414.83 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $446.03 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $479.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $487.97 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $512.52 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $568.79 ↓ -30%
Aetna First Health $675.18 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $685.41 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $688.48 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $699.73 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $700.75 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Auto $797.94 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $797.94 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $818.40 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $818.40 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $920.70 ↑ +13%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Mitomycin instillation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $818.40 $153.45 – $920.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $54,580.80 $201.12 – $721.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $858.00 $201.12 – $1,215.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $14,202.00 $208.53 – $17,752.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $858.40 $201.12 – $912.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $818.40 $184.14 – $920.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $858.00 $208.39 – $1,215.50

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