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Total tau at UPMC Williamsport
700 High Street, Williamsport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 164974648
$259.80
Cash price 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.
$433.00
Gross charge 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.
$116.91 with Aetna vs $389.70 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $116.91 | ↓ -55% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $132.50 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $155.88 | ↓ -40% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $163.67 | ↓ -37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $172.29 | ↓ -34% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $188.79 | ↓ -27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products | $202.90 | ↓ -22% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $222.56 | ↓ -14% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $238.15 | ↓ -8% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $240.31 | ↓ -8% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $240.75 | ↓ -7% |
| Aetna | First Health | $285.78 | ↑ +10% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $290.11 | ↑ +12% |
| Coventry/First Health | FH-Medical Rental | $291.41 | ↑ +12% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $337.74 | ↑ +30% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $337.74 | ↑ +30% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $346.40 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $346.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Three Rivers Provider Network | All | $389.70 | ↑ +50% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | not published by hospital | — |
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Total tau at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $56.40 | $23.50 – $79.90 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $100.20 | $41.75 – $150.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $67.20 | $28.00 – $95.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $366.00 | $109.80 – $518.50 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $282.60 | $117.75 – $400.35 |