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Probe cryo 1150mm endo flex ster disp 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

$5,730.60

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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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$9,551.00

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.

$1,137.24 with Aetna vs $3,790.80 with Three Rivers Provider Network — 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

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
Aetna Medicare $1,137.24 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,675.95 ↓ -71%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,707.97 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,836.43 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,973.74 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial $2,009.12 ↓ -65%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,110.21 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,316.60 ↓ -60%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,341.87 ↓ -59%
Aetna First Health $2,779.92 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Commercial $2,822.04 ↓ -51%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $2,834.68 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,881.01 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $2,885.22 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Auto $3,285.36 ↓ -43%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,285.36 ↓ -43%
America's Choice PPO $3,369.60 ↓ -41%
InterGroup PPO $3,369.60 ↓ -41%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $3,790.80 ↓ -34%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Probe cryo 1150mm endo flex ster disp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $19,032.60 $859.47 – $5,977.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,624.60 $225.50 – $6,798.87
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $35,997.00 $154.44 – $7,575.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,250.20 $850.78 – $4,042.50

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