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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

$225.00

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$375.00

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.

$18.60 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $300.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $18.60 ↓ -92%
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 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $36.26 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.62 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $36.62 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.04 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.39 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.39 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $57.57 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $57.57 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $57.57 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.01 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $73.54 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $89.20 ↓ -60%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $131.06 ↓ -42%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $140.20 ↓ -38%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $144.77 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $149.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $152.06 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $163.50 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $175.72 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $178.88 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $187.88 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $208.50 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $247.50 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $251.25 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $252.38 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $256.50 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $256.88 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $292.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $292.50 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $300.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $300.00 ↑ +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 $183.60 $29.63 – $275.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $360.60 $32.24 – $510.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $265.20 $33.04 – $375.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $17.44 – $920.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $171.60 $30.69 – $243.10

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