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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique 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

$266.40

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.

$368.00

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 $316.35 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 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $23.10 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $23.10 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.41 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.88 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $31.67 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $59.94 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $66.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $66.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $67.93 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $69.93 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $71.26 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $71.93 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $95.54 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $142.99 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $145.19 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $168.40 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $185.15 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $223.11 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $244.29 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $259.74 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $259.74 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $283.05 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $287.38 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $299.70 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $299.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $316.35 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit immediate spin technique at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $81.00 $23.10 – $179.71
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $231.60 $23.10 – $347.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $220.80 $23.10 – $294.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $23.10 – $171.54
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $244.80 $21.00 – $346.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $203.40 $23.10 – $254.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $159.00 $23.10 – $225.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $220.80 $23.10 – $294.40

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