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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb 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

$176.40

Cash price

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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.

$294.00

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.

$16.18 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $235.20 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 $16.18 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $35.90 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $36.26 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $36.62 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.04 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.77 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.77 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.77 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $45.89 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.18 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $69.36 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.63 ↓ -39%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $115.14 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $116.98 ↓ -34%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $118.89 ↓ -33%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $119.22 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $128.18 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $137.77 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $140.24 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $147.29 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $163.46 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $194.04 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $196.98 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $197.86 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $201.10 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $201.39 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $229.32 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $229.32 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $235.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $235.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $29.63 – $162.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $287.40 $32.24 – $407.15
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $231.60 $33.04 – $328.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $15.17 – $844.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $121.20 $30.69 – $171.70

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