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Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 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

$448.20

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.

$747.00

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.

$27.56 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $672.30 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
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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 $27.56 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $37.38 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $37.38 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $37.38 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $38.31 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $47.74 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $57.18 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $57.76 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $57.91 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $58.33 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $58.33 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.59 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $297.23 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $302.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $325.69 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $350.04 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $356.32 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $374.25 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $415.33 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $493.02 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $500.49 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $502.73 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $510.95 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $511.69 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $582.66 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $582.66 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $597.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $597.60 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $672.30 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Signal avg ecg w or without ecg 93278 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Northwest Seneca $408.60 $37.38 – $578.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $393.00 $37.38 – $556.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $505.20 $25.84 – $715.70
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UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $372.60 $37.38 – $527.85
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