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Treat kneecap fracture 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

$5,152.80

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.

$8,588.00

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.

$446.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,355.55 with PA Health & Wellness — 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 $446.60 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $446.60 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $446.60 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $457.76 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $570.43 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $691.91 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,092.82 ↓ -59%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $2,238.83 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,311.83 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,417.17 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,482.43 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,744.37 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $4,024.34 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $4,096.48 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,302.59 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $4,774.93 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $5,668.08 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $5,753.96 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $5,779.72 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $5,874.19 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $5,882.78 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $6,698.64 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $6,698.64 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $6,870.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $6,870.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $6,877.43 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6,946.90 ↑ +35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7,015.01 ↑ +36%
Aetna Medicare $7,015.01 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Medicare $7,287.44 ↑ +41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7,354.86 ↑ +43%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $7,355.55 ↑ +43%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treat kneecap fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $446.60 – $7,491.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $446.60 – $7,151.22
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $446.60 – $7,491.76
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $446.60 – $7,491.76
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro not published $446.60 – $1,922.66

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