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Compatibility test each unit electronic 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

$100.00

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.

$138.00

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.

$21.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $118.75 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.00 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $22.50 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $23.10 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $23.10 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.41 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $25.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $25.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.50 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $26.25 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.75 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.88 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.00 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $31.67 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $53.67 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $54.50 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $63.21 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $69.50 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $83.75 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $91.70 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $97.50 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $97.50 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $106.25 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $107.88 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $112.50 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $112.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $118.75 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit electronic at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $181.20 $23.10 – $256.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $119.40 $23.10 – $179.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $82.80 $20.70 – $124.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $728.40 $21.00 – $1,031.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $203.40 $23.10 – $254.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $138.00 $23.10 – $195.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $82.80 $23.10 – $124.20

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