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Warde copper 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

$271.80

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.

$453.00

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.

$12.26 with UPMC Work Partners vs $362.40 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $12.26 ↓ -95%
Geisinger CHIP $12.41 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.53 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.66 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.78 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $12.78 ↓ -95%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $13.12 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.20 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $13.20 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.28 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.40 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.40 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.53 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $13.55 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $15.36 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.86 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $138.62 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $163.08 ↓ -40%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $171.23 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $180.25 ↓ -34%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $197.51 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $212.28 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial $232.84 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $251.41 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $251.87 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $298.98 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $303.51 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $304.87 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Auto $353.34 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $353.34 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $362.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $362.40 ↑ +33%

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Warde copper at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $159.00 $11.53 – $225.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $94.80 $10.34 – $142.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $271.80 $12.26 – $344.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.80 $11.25 – $91.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,381.20 $12.00 – $519.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $63.60 $12.26 – $79.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $10.71 – $207.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $328.00 $12.00 – $369.00

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