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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$2,366.40
Cash price 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.
$3,944.00
Gross charge 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.
$232.71 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,155.20 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $232.71 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $235.06 | ↓ -90% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $237.36 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $237.36 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $246.58 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $248.86 | ↓ -89% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $248.89 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $342.28 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $355.15 | ↓ -85% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $355.15 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $355.15 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $364.02 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $453.62 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $550.22 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $959.98 | ↓ -59% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $1,026.96 | ↓ -57% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,060.45 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,569.32 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $1,599.29 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,719.58 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $1,848.16 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,881.29 | ↓ -20% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $1,975.94 | ↓ -17% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $2,192.86 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $2,603.04 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $2,642.48 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $2,654.31 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $2,697.70 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $2,701.64 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $3,076.32 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $3,076.32 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $3,155.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $3,155.20 | ↑ +33% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Neck MRA (blood vessel MRI, without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,940.80 | $231.07 – $5,254.40 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,801.60 | $214.16 – $5,385.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $1,464.60 | $148.12 – $1,708.70 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $1,802.40 | $206.32 – $2,553.40 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $1,741.80 | $229.84 – $2,467.55 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $3,834.60 | $213.60 – $5,432.35 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,741.80 | $228.92 – $2,467.55 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,699.20 | $267.41 – $2,265.60 |