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X-ray pelvis 1-2 views 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

$511.20

Cash price

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$852.00

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.

$12.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $681.60 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 $12.80 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.25 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $19.25 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $19.25 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.73 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $24.59 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $29.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.04 ↓ -86%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $77.07 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $79.58 ↓ -84%
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 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $104.42 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $339.01 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $345.49 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $371.47 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $399.25 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $406.40 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $426.85 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $473.71 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $562.32 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $570.84 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $573.40 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $582.77 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $583.62 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $664.56 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $664.56 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $681.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $681.60 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray pelvis 1-2 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $19.25 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $19.25 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $511.20 $12.80 – $681.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $168.00 $19.25 – $238.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $12.00 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $262.80 $11.50 – $328.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $19.25 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $617.60 $12.80 – $694.80

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