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Radiation treatment delivery 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

$1,321.20

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.

$2,202.00

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.

$48.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,761.60 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 $48.40 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.40 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $48.40 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $49.61 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $56.32 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $61.82 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $74.98 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $214.66 ↓ -84%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $229.63 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $237.12 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $253.18 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $255.73 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $258.24 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $258.24 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $268.27 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $270.75 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $270.78 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $876.18 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $892.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $960.07 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,031.86 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,050.35 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,103.20 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,224.31 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,453.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,475.34 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,481.95 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,506.17 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,508.37 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $1,717.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,717.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $1,761.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,761.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Radiation treatment delivery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,953.60 $48.40 – $2,767.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $952.80 $48.40 – $1,349.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,778.40 $48.40 – $2,519.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,750.80 $48.40 – $2,188.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $730.20 $48.40 – $1,034.45

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