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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$154.20
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.
$257.00
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.
$47.79 with Aetna vs $161.10 with PA Health & Wellness — 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 | $47.79 | ↓ -69% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $56.50 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $57.58 | ↓ -63% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $61.91 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $66.54 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $67.73 | ↓ -56% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $71.14 | ↓ -54% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $78.10 | ↓ -49% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $78.95 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | First Health | $93.72 | ↓ -39% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $95.14 | ↓ -38% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $95.57 | ↓ -38% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $97.13 | ↓ -37% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $97.27 | ↓ -37% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $110.76 | ↓ -28% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $110.76 | ↓ -28% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $113.55 | ↓ -26% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $113.60 | ↓ -26% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $113.60 | ↓ -26% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $127.80 | ↓ -17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $150.63 | ↓ -2% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $152.15 | ↓ -1% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $153.65 | ↓ -0% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $159.61 | ↑ +4% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $161.09 | ↑ +4% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $161.10 | ↑ +4% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $154.20 | $26.55 – $159.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $154.80 | $18.28 – $161.10 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $279.00 | $6.97 – $313.50 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $187.20 | $31.86 – $159.30 |