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Nushield 1 square cm at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$312.00
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.
$520.00
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.
$104.00 with Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) vs $3,062.82 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $104.00 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $140.40 | ↓ -55% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $171.60 | ↓ -45% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $206.91 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $210.86 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $226.72 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $243.67 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $248.04 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $260.52 | ↓ -17% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $289.12 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $343.20 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $348.40 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $349.96 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $355.68 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $356.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $405.60 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $405.60 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $416.00 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $416.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $468.00 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $2,784.38 | ↑ +792% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $3,062.82 | ↑ +882% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Nushield 1 square cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $2,889.00 | $57.23 – $3,424.78 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,269.60 | $57.23 – $3,424.78 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $3,704.80 | $235.08 – $1,175.40 |