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Phosphorus 24 hour urine 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

$75.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$5.71 with UPMC Work Partners vs $100.00 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 $5.71 ↓ -92%
Geisinger CHIP $5.78 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.90 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.95 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $5.95 ↓ -92%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $6.11 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.18 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.24 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $6.24 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $6.31 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.87 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7.87 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $8.06 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.05 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.19 ↓ -84%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $38.25 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $45.00 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $47.25 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $49.74 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $54.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $58.58 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $64.25 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.38 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $69.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $82.50 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $83.75 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $84.12 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $97.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $97.50 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $100.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $100.00 ↑ +33%

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Phosphorus 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $91.20 $5.37 – $129.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $47.40 $4.82 – $71.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $262.80 $5.71 – $350.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $5.24 – $63.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $424.20 $5.71 – $600.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $29.40 $5.71 – $26.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $108.60 $4.99 – $153.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $90.40 $5.71 – $71.10

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