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Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$277.20

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.

$462.00

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.

$23.32 with UPMC Work Partners vs $369.60 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.32 ↓ -92%
Geisinger CHIP $23.60 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $23.83 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $24.07 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.31 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $24.31 ↓ -91%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $24.95 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.02 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.02 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $25.02 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.25 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.49 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.49 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.65 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $25.76 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $29.12 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.96 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $38.77 ↓ -86%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $141.37 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $166.32 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $174.64 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $183.83 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $201.43 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $216.49 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $237.47 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $256.41 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $256.87 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $304.92 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $309.54 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $310.93 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $360.36 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $360.36 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $369.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $369.60 ↑ +33%

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Organic acids total quant ea spec at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $21.93 – $233.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $171.00 $19.67 – $256.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $277.20 $23.32 – $369.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.20 $21.40 – $205.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $337.20 $22.75 – $477.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $36.00 $20.94 – $45.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,467.00 $20.38 – $2,078.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $335.20 $22.75 – $377.10

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