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X-ray joint survey 1 view 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

$345.00

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.

$575.00

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.

$29.85 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $460.00 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 $29.85 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.41 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $40.41 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $40.41 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.42 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.62 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $62.61 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $79.15 ↓ -77%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $84.67 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $87.43 ↓ -75%
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 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.41 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $104.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $228.79 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $233.16 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $250.70 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $269.44 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $274.27 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $288.07 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $319.70 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $379.50 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $385.25 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $386.98 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $393.30 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $393.88 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $448.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $448.50 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $460.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $460.00 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray joint survey 1 view at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $345.00 $29.85 – $460.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $498.00 $27.98 – $705.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $262.80 $26.82 – $328.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $417.60 $29.85 – $469.80

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