healthcosts.net

X-ray small intestine follow-through study 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

$397.20

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$662.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$46.07 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $529.60 with InterGroup — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $46.07 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $70.47 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $70.47 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $70.47 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $72.23 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $90.00 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $96.78 ↓ -76%
Three Rivers Provider Network All $103.54 ↓ -74%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $106.91 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $109.17 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $178.74 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $263.41 ↓ -34%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $268.44 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $288.63 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Bluecare HMO/FPLIC PPO/Traditional Products $310.21 ↓ -22%
Aetna Commercial $315.77 ↓ -21%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $331.66 ↓ -17%
Wirerope Works Commercial $368.07 ↓ -7%
Aetna First Health $436.92 ↑ +10%
Geisinger Commercial $443.54 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health FH-Medical Rental $445.53 ↑ +12%
United Healthcare Commercial $452.81 ↑ +14%
Cigna Commercial $453.47 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Auto $516.36 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $516.36 ↑ +30%
America's Choice PPO $529.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $529.60 ↑ +33%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

X-ray small intestine follow-through study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $445.20 $25.43 – $630.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $419.40 $25.19 – $629.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $397.20 $46.07 – $529.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $419.40 $65.37 – $594.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $559.20 $25.43 – $792.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $490.20 $24.93 – $612.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $419.40 $25.43 – $594.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $480.00 $46.07 – $540.00

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →