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Bx breast add lesion strtctc 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

$2,515.20

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.

$3,466.00

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.

$77.42 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $2,986.80 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $77.42 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $77.42 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $77.42 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $77.42 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $78.47 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $90.09 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $106.13 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $119.94 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $565.92 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $628.80 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $628.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $641.38 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $660.24 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $672.82 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $679.10 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $721.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,350.03 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,370.78 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,589.92 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,748.06 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $2,106.48 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,306.44 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $2,452.32 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $2,452.32 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,672.40 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $2,713.27 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $2,829.60 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $2,829.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,986.80 ↑ +19%

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Bx breast add lesion strtctc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,079.60 $77.42 – $2,772.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,112.00 $77.42 – $7,242.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,135.20 $77.42 – $1,419.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,079.60 $77.42 – $2,772.80

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