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Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 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

$557.60

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.

$769.00

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.

$15.84 with Aetna vs $149.16 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna Medicare $15.84 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $17.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.60 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.95 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare $18.48 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.01 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.14 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.14 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.14 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.14 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.55 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $35.07 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $37.79 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.37 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.32 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $44.50 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.70 ↓ -92%
Wirerope Works Commercial $48.93 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Commercial $58.96 ↓ -89%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $64.56 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Auto $68.64 ↓ -88%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $68.64 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $74.80 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $75.94 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $76.81 ↓ -86%
America's Choice PPO $79.20 ↓ -86%
InterGroup PPO $79.20 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $83.60 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $149.16 ↓ -73%

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Bx vulva or perineum/ea add lesion 56606 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $576.60 $30.14 – $816.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $312.00 $30.14 – $390.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $411.00 $30.14 – $582.25

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