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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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

$309.00

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.

$515.00

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.

$54.54 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $722.34 with Multiplan — 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 $54.54 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $81.52 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $81.52 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $81.52 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $83.56 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $104.12 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $126.30 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $139.05 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $204.92 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $208.83 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $224.54 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $241.33 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $245.66 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $258.01 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $286.34 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $339.90 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $345.05 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $346.60 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $352.26 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $352.77 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $401.70 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $401.70 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $412.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $412.00 ↑ +33%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $463.50 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $653.91 ↑ +112%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $722.34 ↑ +134%

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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,759.20 $81.52 – $2,492.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.00 $54.54 – $653.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,906.20 $81.52 – $2,700.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $976.80 $49.00 – $1,221.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,555.20 $81.52 – $2,203.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $373.60 $54.54 – $602.06

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