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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide 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

$479.40

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.

$799.00

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.

$14.58 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $639.20 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 $14.58 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.46 ↓ -96%
Geisinger CHIP $18.68 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $18.86 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.05 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $19.24 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.24 ↓ -96%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $19.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $19.99 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.17 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.17 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $20.40 ↓ -96%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $244.49 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $287.64 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $302.02 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $317.92 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $348.36 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $374.41 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $410.69 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $439.45 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $443.44 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $444.24 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $527.34 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $535.33 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $537.73 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $623.22 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $623.22 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $639.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $639.20 ↑ +33%

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Warde collagen cross links c-telopeptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.80 $17.36 – $159.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.60 $15.57 – $108.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $479.40 $14.58 – $639.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $98.40 $16.94 – $139.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $238.80 $13.67 – $338.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.80 $13.10 – $118.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $542.40 $16.13 – $768.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $580.00 $14.58 – $652.50

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