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Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session 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

$128.40

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.

$214.00

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.

$45.93 with UPMC Work Partners vs $209.42 with PA Health & Wellness — 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 $45.93 ↓ -64%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $49.14 ↓ -62%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $50.74 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $81.17 ↓ -37%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $82.72 ↓ -36%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $88.94 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $95.59 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $97.31 ↓ -24%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $102.20 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $112.20 ↓ -13%
Wirerope Works Commercial $113.42 ↓ -12%
Aetna First Health $134.64 ↑ +5%
Geisinger Commercial $136.68 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $137.29 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $139.54 ↑ +9%
Cigna Commercial $139.74 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $149.53 ↑ +16%
Multiplan Auto $159.12 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $159.12 ↑ +24%
America's Choice PPO $163.20 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $163.20 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $195.81 ↑ +53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $197.79 ↑ +54%
Aetna Medicare $199.73 ↑ +56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $199.73 ↑ +56%
United Healthcare Medicare $207.48 ↑ +62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $209.40 ↑ +63%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $209.42 ↑ +63%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Oscillation chest wall mechanical per session at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $449.40 $24.13 – $674.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $128.40 $30.60 – $163.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $45.93 – $209.42
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $316.80 $24.36 – $448.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $235.20 $24.36 – $248.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $419.40 $23.88 – $524.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $394.80 $24.36 – $209.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $155.20 $33.30 – $166.50

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