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Place slctv cath carotd art uni 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

$8,365.80

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.

$13,943.00

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.

$993.28 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $11,154.40 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,274.47 ↓ -73%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,433.15 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,512.49 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5,204.20 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5,256.76 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $5,308.30 ↓ -37%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,308.30 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Medicare $5,514.45 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,547.92 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5,565.47 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↓ -33%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $5,653.89 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6,079.15 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $6,533.69 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $6,650.81 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,985.44 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $7,668.65 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $7,752.31 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $9,202.38 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $9,341.81 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $9,383.64 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,537.01 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $9,550.95 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $10,875.54 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $10,875.54 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $11,154.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $11,154.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Place slctv cath carotd art uni at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $33,920.40 $1,371.74 – $48,053.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $18,765.00 $301.85 – $28,147.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $38,252.40 $301.85 – $54,190.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $10,549.80 $892.40 – $13,062.75

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