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Papaverin hcl injection 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

$264.80

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.

$331.00

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.

$89.37 with Aetna vs $297.90 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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
Aetna Medicare $89.37 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $89.77 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $99.17 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $131.70 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $134.22 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $144.32 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $155.11 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $157.89 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $165.83 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $182.05 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $184.04 ↓ -30%
Aetna First Health $218.46 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $221.77 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $222.76 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $226.40 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $226.74 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Auto $258.18 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $258.18 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $264.80 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $264.80 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $297.90 ↑ +13%

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Papaverin hcl injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11.00 $2.68 – $10.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $264.80 $49.65 – $297.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.00 $6.95 – $68.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $61.20 $2.70 – $34.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $123.60 $2.70 – $34.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $12.00 $2.65 – $12.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $64.00 $2.70 – $17.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $264.80 $59.58 – $297.90

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