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Pr correction hammertoe at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$205.20
Cash price 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.
$342.00
Gross charge 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.
$92.34 with Aetna vs $1,212.16 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $92.34 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $136.08 | ↓ -34% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $138.68 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $149.11 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $160.26 | ↓ -22% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $163.13 | ↓ -21% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $171.34 | ↓ -17% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $190.15 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $225.72 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $229.14 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $230.17 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $233.93 | ↑ +14% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $234.27 | ↑ +14% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $254.65 | ↑ +24% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $254.65 | ↑ +24% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $254.65 | ↑ +24% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $261.02 | ↑ +27% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $266.76 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $266.76 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $273.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $273.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $307.80 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $325.26 | ↑ +59% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $394.52 | ↑ +92% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $884.68 | ↑ +331% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $977.26 | ↑ +376% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $1,212.16 | ↑ +491% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Pr correction hammertoe at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $669.00 | $55.80 – $1,212.16 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | not published | $254.65 – $3,248.02 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | not published | $254.65 – $3,093.35 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | not published | $254.65 – $3,402.68 |