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Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial 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

$5,352.00

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.

$8,920.00

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.

$993.28 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $18,489.15 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.

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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 $993.28 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,549.27 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,617.06 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,889.12 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $4,179.91 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $4,254.84 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,468.92 ↓ -17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4,703.49 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,906.00 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $4,959.52 ↓ -7%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $5,031.65 ↓ -6%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $5,195.72 ↓ -3%
Aetna First Health $5,887.20 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $5,976.40 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $6,003.16 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $6,101.28 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $6,110.20 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $6,957.60 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $6,957.60 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $7,136.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $7,136.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17,287.35 ↑ +223%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17,461.97 ↑ +226%
Aetna Medicare $17,633.17 ↑ +229%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17,633.17 ↑ +229%
United Healthcare Medicare $18,317.95 ↑ +242%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18,487.43 ↑ +245%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18,489.15 ↑ +245%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Prim art mech thrmbc non-intracranial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $26,668.20 $2,617.11 – $37,779.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $12,590.40 $3,637.71 – $18,885.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $21,964.80 $931.20 – $31,116.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $17,281.80 $892.40 – $21,602.25

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