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Mthfr gene analy common variants 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

$334.80

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.

$558.00

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.

$51.02 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $446.40 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $51.02 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.58 ↓ -81%
Geisinger CHIP $65.34 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.98 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $66.65 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $67.30 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.30 ↓ -80%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $69.08 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $69.91 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.56 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.57 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $71.34 ↓ -79%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $210.92 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $222.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $226.27 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $243.29 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $261.48 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $266.17 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial $286.81 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $306.90 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $309.69 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $310.25 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $368.28 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $373.86 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $375.53 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $435.24 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $435.24 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $446.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $446.40 ↑ +33%

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Mthfr gene analy common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.80 – $506.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.49 – $536.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $275.40 $51.02 – $367.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $357.60 $51.82 – $506.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $537.60 $47.83 – $761.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.60 $45.84 – $473.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $357.60 $51.92 – $506.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $349.60 $51.02 – $393.30

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