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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose 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

$237.60

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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.

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$396.00

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.

$106.92 with Aetna vs $356.40 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
Aetna Medicare $106.92 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $157.57 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $160.58 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $172.66 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $185.57 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $188.89 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $198.40 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $217.80 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $220.18 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $261.36 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $265.32 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $266.51 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $270.86 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $271.26 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $308.88 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $308.88 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $316.80 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $356.40 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Multiplan Worker's Compensation not published by hospital

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $640.80 $226.22 – $961.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $237.60 $59.40 – $356.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $725.40 $302.25 – $1,027.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $878.40 $228.37 – $1,244.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,674.80 $228.37 – $3,789.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $610.80 $131.92 – $400.42
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,276.20 $228.37 – $1,807.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $287.20 $64.62 – $323.10

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