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Alkaline phosphatase at UPMC Wellsboro

32-36 Central Ave, Wellsboro, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1427501766

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$158.40

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.

$218.00

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.

$5.12 with UPMC Work Partners vs $163.40 with Multiplan — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.12 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.37 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.01 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7.01 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.01 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.15 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $9.61 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $10.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $30.96 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $34.40 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $34.40 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $35.09 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $36.12 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $36.81 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.15 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $73.86 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.99 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $86.98 ↓ -45%
Wirerope Works Commercial $95.63 ↓ -40%
Geisinger Commercial $115.24 ↓ -27%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $126.18 ↓ -20%
Multiplan Auto $134.16 ↓ -15%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $134.16 ↓ -15%
United Healthcare Commercial $146.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna Commercial $148.44 ↓ -6%
America's Choice PPO $154.80 ↓ -2%
InterGroup PPO $154.80 ↓ -2%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $163.40 ↑ +3%

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Alkaline phosphatase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $154.80 $4.81 – $219.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $43.80 $4.32 – $65.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $130.80 $5.12 – $174.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $4.70 – $49.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $259.20 $5.12 – $367.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.80 $5.12 – $26.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $86.40 $4.47 – $122.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $114.00 $5.12 – $152.00

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