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Set radiation therapy field 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

$1,653.00

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.

$2,755.00

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.

$92.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $2,204.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $92.80 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $133.65 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $133.65 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.65 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $136.99 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $170.71 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $207.06 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $352.42 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $355.98 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $359.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $359.47 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $373.43 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $376.89 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $376.92 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $812.05 ↓ -51%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $868.71 ↓ -47%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $897.04 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,096.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,117.15 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,201.18 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $1,290.99 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $1,314.13 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,380.26 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,531.78 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $1,818.30 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $1,845.85 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $1,854.12 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,884.42 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $1,887.17 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $2,148.90 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,148.90 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $2,204.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,204.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,000.80 $133.65 – $1,417.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,696.20 $133.65 – $2,544.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,485.60 $133.65 – $2,104.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,747.80 $87.00 – $2,476.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,273.20 $83.38 – $1,591.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,732.20 $133.65 – $6,703.95

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