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#cf-97variants 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

$3,108.00

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.

$5,180.00

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.

$62.64 with Aetna vs $758.85 with PA Health & Wellness — 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 $62.64 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $69.60 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $69.60 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $70.99 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare $73.08 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $74.47 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $75.17 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $149.43 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $151.73 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $175.98 ↓ -94%
Wirerope Works Commercial $193.49 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Commercial $233.16 ↓ -92%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $255.29 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Auto $271.44 ↓ -91%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $271.44 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial $295.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna Commercial $300.32 ↓ -90%
America's Choice PPO $313.20 ↓ -90%
InterGroup PPO $313.20 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $330.60 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $445.28 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $489.81 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $489.81 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $489.81 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $496.49 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $550.10 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $569.96 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $671.48 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $758.85 ↓ -76%

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#cf-97variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $257.67 – $1,096.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $256.16 – $1,095.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,487.60 $54.75 – $569.96
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,357.60 $257.79 – $674.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,034.60 $271.88 – $1,034.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,216.00 $489.81 – $4,020.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,357.60 $258.30 – $1,034.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,263.40 $119.61 – $601.13

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