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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes 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

$30.00

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.

$50.00

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.

$19.22 with UPMC Work Partners vs $40.00 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 $19.22 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.89 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $20.27 ↓ -32%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $20.56 ↓ -31%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $21.23 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.80 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $23.17 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $23.43 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $23.85 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $25.05 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.50 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $27.80 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $28.68 ↓ -4%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $28.97 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare $29.25 ↓ -3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.25 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare $30.39 ↑ +1%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $30.67 ↑ +2%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $30.67 ↑ +2%
Aetna First Health $33.00 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $33.50 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $33.65 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.20 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $34.25 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $39.00 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $39.00 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $40.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $40.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr counseling smoke/tobacco intermediate greater 3 - 10 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $30.00 $13.95 – $45.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $31.20 $7.80 – $41.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $30.00 $19.22 – $42.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $30.00 $17.00 – $42.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $30.00 $9.00 – $42.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $52.20 $19.22 – $65.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $30.00 $12.60 – $42.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $40.20 $9.04 – $45.23

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