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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) 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

$599.40

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$999.00

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.

$21.82 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $799.20 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 $21.82 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.19 ↓ -93%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $44.06 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $45.50 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $84.77 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $85.63 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $86.47 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.47 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.83 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $397.50 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $405.09 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $435.56 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $468.13 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $476.52 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $500.50 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $549.45 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $555.44 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $659.34 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $669.33 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $672.33 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $683.32 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $684.32 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $779.22 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $779.22 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $799.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $799.20 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray femur >=2 views (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $15.03 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $14.89 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $599.40 $21.82 – $799.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $38.64 – $183.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $15.03 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $14.74 – $235.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $15.03 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $724.80 $21.82 – $815.40

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