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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout 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

$812.00

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.

$1,119.00

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.

$34.68 with UPMC Work Partners vs $964.25 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 $34.68 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.77 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.75 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $43.75 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.75 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.34 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $50.91 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $59.97 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.78 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $182.70 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $203.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $203.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $207.06 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $213.15 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $217.21 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $219.24 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $435.84 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $442.54 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $513.29 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $564.34 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $680.05 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $744.60 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $791.70 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $791.70 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $862.75 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $875.95 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $913.50 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $913.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $964.25 ↑ +19%

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Bartonella dna pcr-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $393.00 $29.25 – $589.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $671.40 $34.68 – $895.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $31.82 – $433.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $355.80 $32.61 – $504.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $722.40 $34.68 – $1,023.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $34.68 – $244.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,133.20 $30.30 – $4,438.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $671.40 $34.68 – $895.20

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