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Small bowel endoscopy br/wa 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

$3,526.20

Cash price

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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.

$5,877.00

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.

$64.44 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,701.60 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 $64.44 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $64.44 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $64.44 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $66.05 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $82.30 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $99.83 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $439.04 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $595.54 ↓ -83%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $637.09 ↓ -82%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $657.87 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $902.61 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $911.73 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $920.67 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $920.67 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $956.42 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,338.46 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,383.12 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,562.37 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $2,753.96 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $2,803.33 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,944.38 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $3,267.61 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $3,878.82 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $3,937.59 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $3,955.22 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,019.87 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $4,025.74 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $4,584.06 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $4,584.06 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $4,701.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $4,701.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Small bowel endoscopy br/wa at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,895.40 $64.44 – $2,685.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,372.20 $64.44 – $2,058.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,358.20 $64.44 – $4,477.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,947.80 $64.44 – $12,676.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,885.20 $64.44 – $2,670.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,264.00 $64.44 – $4,797.00

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