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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes 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

$105.60

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$176.00

Gross charge

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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.

$42.90 with Geisinger vs $165.43 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

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
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $42.90 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $42.90 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.90 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $43.97 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $49.92 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.80 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $66.46 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $70.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $71.37 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $76.74 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $82.47 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $83.95 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $88.18 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $97.86 ↓ -7%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna First Health $116.16 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $117.92 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $118.45 ↑ +12%
Cigna Commercial $120.56 ↑ +14%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $121.69 ↑ +15%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $125.66 ↑ +19%
Multiplan Auto $137.28 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $137.28 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $140.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $140.80 ↑ +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 $154.68 ↑ +46%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $156.24 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare $157.78 ↑ +49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $157.78 ↑ +49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $165.42 ↑ +57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $165.43 ↑ +57%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 45 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $235.20 $42.90 – $333.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.00 $28.80 – $144.00
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $287.40 $88.50 – $300.90

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