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Chromosome study additional 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

$1,276.00

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.

$1,759.00

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.

$34.03 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,515.25 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.03 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $40.55 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.60 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.60 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.21 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $51.90 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $61.15 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $69.11 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $287.10 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $319.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $319.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $325.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $334.95 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $341.33 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $344.52 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $684.89 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $695.42 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $806.59 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $886.82 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $1,068.65 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,170.09 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $1,244.10 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,244.10 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,355.75 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $1,376.48 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $1,435.50 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $1,435.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,515.25 ↑ +19%

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Chromosome study additional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $472.80 $34.03 – $630.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $590.40 $31.22 – $836.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $453.60 $34.03 – $642.60

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