healthcosts.net

Bx skin incisnl ea sep/add l les 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

$320.80

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.

$442.00

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.

$17.10 with Aetna vs $90.25 with Multiplan — 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
Aetna Medicare $17.10 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $19.00 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.00 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.38 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare $19.95 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.52 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.92 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.92 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.92 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.92 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.31 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $33.65 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $39.65 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.79 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.42 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $48.04 ↓ -85%
Wirerope Works Commercial $52.82 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Commercial $63.65 ↓ -80%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $69.69 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Auto $74.10 ↓ -77%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $74.10 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial $80.75 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $81.98 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $85.16 ↓ -73%
America's Choice PPO $85.50 ↓ -73%
InterGroup PPO $85.50 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare $85.81 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $90.25 ↓ -72%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Bx skin incisnl ea sep/add l les at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $666.00 $28.92 – $943.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $706.20 $28.92 – $1,059.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $832.80 $28.92 – $1,179.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $966.00 $28.92 – $1,368.50

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →