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Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 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

$3,156.60

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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$5,261.00

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.

$26.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,208.80 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.81 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.81 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.81 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.48 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.24 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $41.53 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $128.48 ↓ -96%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $137.45 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $141.93 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $877.73 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $886.59 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $895.29 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $895.29 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $930.05 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $938.66 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $938.75 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,093.35 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,133.34 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,293.80 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,465.30 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $2,509.50 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,635.76 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,925.12 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,472.26 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,524.87 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,540.65 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,598.52 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $3,603.78 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,103.58 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,103.58 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $4,208.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $4,208.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Proctosigmoidoscopy dx 45300 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,189.80 $26.81 – $1,685.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,857.60 $26.81 – $2,631.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,420.20 $26.81 – $1,775.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,663.20 $26.81 – $2,356.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,816.80 $26.10 – $993.28

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