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Paricalcitol 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

$26.40

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.

$44.00

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.

$0.95 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $20.70 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.95 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.95 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.95 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.95 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $0.97 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.04 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $6.21 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $6.24 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6.89 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9.15 ↓ -65%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $9.33 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.03 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $10.78 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $10.97 ↓ -58%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11.52 ↓ -56%
Wirerope Works Commercial $12.79 ↓ -52%
Aetna First Health $15.18 ↓ -43%
Geisinger Commercial $15.41 ↓ -42%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $15.48 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Commercial $15.73 ↓ -40%
Cigna Commercial $15.76 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Auto $17.94 ↓ -32%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $17.94 ↓ -32%
America's Choice PPO $18.40 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $18.40 ↓ -30%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $20.70 ↓ -22%

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Paricalcitol at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $137.40 $0.60 – $9.33
UPMC Muncy Muncy $28.20 $0.95 – $20.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $37.20 $0.60 – $24.22
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $268.80 $0.60 – $75.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $9.00 $0.77 – $9.24
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $28.20 $0.95 – $20.70
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $192.00 $0.95 – $245.65

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