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Warde bile acids 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

$243.00

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.

$405.00

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.

$16.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $324.00 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $16.50 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $16.50 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16.91 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.92 ↓ -93%
Geisinger CHIP $17.12 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17.29 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.46 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.63 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $17.63 ↓ -93%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $18.11 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.32 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $18.49 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.49 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $18.70 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $19.20 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.07 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -89%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $123.93 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $145.80 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $153.09 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $161.15 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $176.58 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $189.78 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $208.17 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $224.78 ↓ -7%
Wirerope Works Commercial $225.18 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $267.30 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $271.35 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $272.56 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $315.90 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $315.90 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $324.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $324.00 ↑ +33%

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Warde bile acids at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $243.00 $16.50 – $324.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,855.80 $15.00 – $6,879.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $294.40 $15.00 – $331.20

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