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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest 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

$504.00

Cash price

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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.

$840.00

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.

$30.72 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $672.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $30.72 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.59 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $42.59 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $42.59 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $43.66 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.40 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $65.99 ↓ -87%
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 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.41 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $104.42 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $112.14 ↓ -78%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $119.97 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $123.88 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $334.24 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $340.62 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $366.24 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $393.62 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $400.68 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $420.84 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $467.04 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $554.40 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $562.80 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $565.32 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $574.56 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $575.40 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $655.20 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $655.20 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $672.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $672.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $666.60 $42.59 – $944.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $765.60 $42.59 – $1,148.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $504.00 $30.72 – $672.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $42.59 – $489.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,154.40 $28.80 – $1,635.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $262.80 $27.60 – $104.08
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $682.20 $42.59 – $966.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $609.60 $30.72 – $685.80

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