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Amputation toe interphalangeal joint 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

$3,304.80

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$4,555.00

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.

$535.81 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,924.45 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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $535.81 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $743.58 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $826.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $826.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $842.72 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $867.51 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $884.03 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $892.30 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,773.85 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,801.12 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,089.05 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,272.05 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,296.84 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $2,767.77 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,030.50 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $3,222.18 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,222.18 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,511.35 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $3,565.05 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $3,717.90 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $3,717.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,924.45 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Amputation toe interphalangeal joint at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,607.80 $591.83 – $5,111.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,593.20 $680.66 – $7,923.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,733.00 $591.83 – $3,644.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $596.00 – $3,402.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $542.09 – $3,340.82
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $535.81 – $3,340.51
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $591.83 – $3,402.68

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