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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini 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

$7,009.80

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.

$11,683.00

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 $9,346.40 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 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,249.73 ↓ -68%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,406.68 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,485.16 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,123.66 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,155.22 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $3,186.15 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,186.15 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,309.88 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.51 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,340.82 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,648.67 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $4,737.46 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,093.79 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $5,474.65 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $5,572.79 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,853.18 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6,425.65 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $6,495.75 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $7,710.78 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $7,827.61 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $7,862.66 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,991.17 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $8,002.85 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $9,112.74 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9,112.74 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $9,346.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $9,346.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pq vrtbrplst 1 bdy inj lmb-scr w/img ini at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $16,794.60 $1,139.88 – $23,792.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $26,413.20 $931.20 – $37,418.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $7,986.60 $892.40 – $9,983.25

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