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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution 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

$105.00

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$175.00

Gross charge

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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.

$4.78 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $82.65 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $4.78 ↓ -95%
Geisinger CHIP $4.78 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.78 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.78 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4.78 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.26 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $5.26 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $15.66 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $17.40 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.40 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.75 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $18.27 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.62 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.79 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.89 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $37.36 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.93 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $44.00 ↓ -58%
Wirerope Works Commercial $48.37 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Commercial $58.29 ↓ -44%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $63.82 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Auto $67.86 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $67.86 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial $73.95 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $75.08 ↓ -28%
America's Choice PPO $78.30 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $78.30 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $82.65 ↓ -21%

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Cefoxitin 1 gram intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $63.20 $1.61 – $26.99
UPMC Muncy Muncy $105.00 $4.78 – $78.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.80 $1.61 – $70.05
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $324.60 $3.02 – $100.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $216.60 $3.02 – $306.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $19.80 $0.34 – $26.72
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $150.40 $1.61 – $27.25
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $216.60 $4.78 – $306.00

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