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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration 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

$526.80

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.

$878.00

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.

$14.59 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $702.40 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 $14.59 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.90 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $20.90 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.42 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.70 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.38 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $162.17 ↓ -69%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $173.48 ↓ -67%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $179.14 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $299.79 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $302.82 ↓ -43%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $305.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Medicare $305.79 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare $317.66 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↓ -39%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $349.36 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $356.03 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $382.81 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $411.43 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $418.81 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $439.88 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $488.17 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $579.48 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $588.26 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $590.89 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $600.55 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $601.43 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $684.84 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $684.84 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $702.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $702.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Spirometry bronchodilation responsiveness pre/post bronchodilator administration at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $20.90 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $526.80 $14.59 – $702.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $281.40 $20.90 – $398.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $988.80 $20.90 – $1,400.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,790.40 $13.68 – $2,536.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $650.40 $13.11 – $458.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $664.20 $20.90 – $940.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $636.80 $14.59 – $716.40

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