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X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation 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

$723.60

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

$1,206.00

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.

$28.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $964.80 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 $28.80 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $41.25 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.25 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $41.25 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.28 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.69 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $290.69 ↓ -60%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $310.97 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $321.11 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $343.82 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $347.29 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $350.69 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare $350.69 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare $364.31 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $367.68 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $367.72 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $479.87 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $489.03 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $525.82 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $565.13 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $575.26 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $604.21 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $670.54 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $795.96 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $808.02 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $811.64 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $824.90 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $826.11 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $940.68 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $940.68 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $964.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $964.80 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray retrograde pyelogram with or without kidney ureter bladder w/supervision & interpretation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,722.00 $41.25 – $2,439.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,868.40 $41.25 – $2,802.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $723.60 $28.80 – $964.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $426.00 $41.25 – $603.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,813.40 $27.00 – $3,985.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $896.40 $25.88 – $379.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,668.60 $41.25 – $2,363.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $875.20 $28.80 – $984.60

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