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Sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose 62.5 mg/5 ml intravenous 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

$39.40

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.

$49.25

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.

$2.02 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $44.10 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 $2.02 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.02 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.02 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2.02 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.08 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.23 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $13.23 ↓ -66%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.29 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $14.68 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.50 ↓ -51%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $19.87 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.36 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $22.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial $23.37 ↓ -41%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $24.55 ↓ -38%
Wirerope Works Commercial $27.24 ↓ -31%
Aetna First Health $32.34 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Commercial $32.83 ↓ -17%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $32.98 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $33.52 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $33.56 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Auto $38.22 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $38.22 ↓ -3%
America's Choice PPO $39.20 ↓ -1%
InterGroup PPO $39.20 ↓ -1%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $44.10 ↑ +12%

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Sodium ferric gluconate complex in sucrose 62.5 mg/5 ml intravenous at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $43.20 $1.28 – $18.89
UPMC Muncy Muncy $147.60 $2.02 – $44.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $61.20 $1.28 – $24.12
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $374.40 $1.28 – $100.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $89.40 $1.28 – $126.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3.60 $2.02 – $15.03
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $117.60 $1.28 – $17.84
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $147.60 $2.02 – $44.10

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