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Mlh1 gene dup/delete variant 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

$1,438.80

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.

$2,398.00

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.

$167.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,918.40 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $167.79 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $167.79 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $167.79 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $171.99 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $195.25 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $200.04 ↓ -86%
Geisinger CHIP $202.40 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $204.38 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $206.45 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $208.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $208.47 ↓ -86%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $213.99 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $214.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $216.57 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $218.57 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $218.59 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $220.97 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $259.96 ↓ -82%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $906.44 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $954.16 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $972.39 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,045.53 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,123.70 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,143.85 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial $1,232.57 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,330.89 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,333.29 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,582.68 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,606.66 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,613.85 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $1,870.44 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,870.44 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,918.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,918.40 ↑ +33%

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Mlh1 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $167.79 – $2,157.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $167.79 – $2,285.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $167.79 – $1,592.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,595.20 $152.54 – $2,158.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,502.40 $152.54 – $1,690.20

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