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X-ray ribs 2 views left 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

$304.80

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.

$508.00

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.

$21.12 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $406.40 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 $21.12 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $29.15 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.15 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $29.15 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.88 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.23 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $45.16 ↓ -85%
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 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.82 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $85.63 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.47 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $86.47 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.83 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -70%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $90.74 ↓ -70%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $93.70 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $202.13 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $205.99 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $221.49 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $238.05 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $242.32 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $254.51 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $282.45 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $335.28 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $340.36 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $341.88 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $347.47 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $347.98 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $396.24 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $396.24 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $406.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $406.40 ↑ +33%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $29.15 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $29.15 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $304.80 $21.12 – $406.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $175.20 $29.15 – $248.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $19.80 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $18.98 – $235.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $29.15 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $368.80 $21.12 – $414.90

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