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Mr safety implant elec prepj 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

$166.80

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.

$278.00

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.

$75.06 with Aetna vs $222.40 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
Aetna Medicare $75.06 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $88.37 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $89.26 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.14 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Medicare $93.64 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $94.50 ↓ -43%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $94.51 ↓ -43%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.97 ↓ -39%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $109.08 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $110.62 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $112.64 ↓ -32%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $112.73 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $121.21 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $130.27 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $132.61 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $139.28 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $152.90 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $154.57 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $183.48 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $186.26 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $187.09 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $190.15 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $190.43 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $216.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $216.84 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $222.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $222.40 ↑ +33%

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Mr safety implant elec prepj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $56.90 – $238.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.60 $25.32 – $252.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $166.80 $41.70 – $222.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $168.60 $65.71 – $238.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $224.40 $25.56 – $317.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $168.60 $25.06 – $210.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.60 $56.90 – $238.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $166.80 $50.04 – $250.20

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