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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$695.40

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.

$1,159.00

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.

$69.31 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $927.20 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 $69.31 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $95.40 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $95.40 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $95.40 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $97.79 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $102.37 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.41 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $104.42 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $121.86 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $147.81 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $236.96 ↓ -66%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $253.49 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $261.75 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $461.17 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $469.97 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $505.32 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $543.11 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $552.84 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $580.66 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $644.40 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $764.94 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $776.53 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $780.01 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $792.76 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $793.91 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $904.02 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $904.02 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $927.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $927.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,384.20 $94.21 – $1,960.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $829.20 $84.51 – $1,243.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $695.40 $69.31 – $927.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $354.00 $91.94 – $501.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,914.00 $64.98 – $2,711.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $394.20 $62.27 – $217.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $649.80 $87.53 – $920.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $840.80 $69.31 – $945.90

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