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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$163.80

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.

$273.00

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.

$15.12 with UPMC Work Partners vs $208.00 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 $15.12 ↓ -91%
Geisinger CHIP $15.30 ↓ -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 $15.45 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.61 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.76 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $15.76 ↓ -90%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $16.17 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.37 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.52 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.52 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $16.70 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.61 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.61 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $17.61 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.05 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $20.49 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.28 ↓ -83%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $79.56 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial $93.60 ↓ -43%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $98.28 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $103.45 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $113.36 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $121.84 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial $133.64 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Commercial $144.30 ↓ -12%
Wirerope Works Commercial $144.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna First Health $171.60 ↑ +5%
Geisinger Commercial $174.20 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $174.98 ↑ +7%
Multiplan Auto $202.80 ↑ +24%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $202.80 ↑ +24%
America's Choice PPO $208.00 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $208.00 ↑ +27%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $273.00 $14.22 – $386.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $322.80 $12.75 – $484.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $163.80 $15.12 – $218.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $13.88 – $126.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $664.20 $15.12 – $940.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $110.40 $15.12 – $138.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $109.20 $13.21 – $154.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $198.40 $15.12 – $145.80

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