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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection 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

$516.00

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.

$645.00

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.

$123.36 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $580.50 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $123.36 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $123.36 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $123.36 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $123.36 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $126.88 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $135.70 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $135.70 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $174.15 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $174.92 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $193.24 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $256.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $261.55 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $281.22 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $302.25 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $307.67 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $323.14 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $358.62 ↓ -31%
Aetna First Health $425.70 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $432.15 ↓ -16%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $434.08 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $441.18 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $441.82 ↓ -14%
Multiplan Auto $503.10 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $503.10 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $516.00 ↑ +0%
InterGroup PPO $516.00 ↑ +0%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $580.50 ↑ +13%

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Sincalide 5 mcg solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $228.80 $71.50 – $257.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $516.00 $96.75 – $580.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $475.20 $77.89 – $504.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $753.00 $77.89 – $504.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $753.00 $77.89 – $1,066.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $81.60 $41.75 – $154.45
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $430.40 $77.89 – $457.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $516.00 $116.10 – $580.50

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