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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$589.80
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.
$983.00
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.
$41.85 with Aetna vs $292.12 with Multiplan — 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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| Aetna | Medicare | $41.85 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $61.67 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $62.85 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $67.58 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $72.63 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $73.94 | ↓ -87% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $77.66 | ↓ -87% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $86.18 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | First Health | $102.30 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $103.85 | ↓ -82% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $104.31 | ↓ -82% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $106.02 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $106.17 | ↓ -82% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $120.90 | ↓ -80% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $120.90 | ↓ -80% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $124.00 | ↓ -79% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $124.00 | ↓ -79% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $129.29 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $129.29 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $129.29 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $132.53 | ↓ -78% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $139.50 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $150.45 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $165.14 | ↓ -72% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $200.31 | ↓ -66% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $264.44 | ↓ -55% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $292.12 | ↓ -50% |
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New Patient Office Visit (level 5) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $663.60 | $129.29 – $940.10 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $516.00 | $36.08 – $688.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $360.60 | $90.15 – $527.06 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $343.80 | $30.00 – $458.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $355.80 | $36.08 – $533.70 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $526.20 | $65.78 – $385.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $814.80 | $149.28 – $1,133.05 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $526.20 | $123.42 – $745.45 |