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Creatine kinase isoenzymes 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

$45.80

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.

$63.00

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.

$10.30 with Aetna vs $54.39 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
Aetna Medicare $10.30 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $11.45 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.45 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.68 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $12.02 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.25 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.37 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.24 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.50 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.35 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $20.35 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.35 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.63 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $23.68 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $24.58 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.96 ↓ -46%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $27.90 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $28.95 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.53 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $31.83 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $38.36 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $42.00 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $44.66 ↓ -2%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $44.66 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial $48.66 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $49.41 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $51.52 ↑ +12%
InterGroup PPO $51.52 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $54.39 ↑ +19%

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Creatine kinase isoenzymes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $292.80 $12.44 – $414.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $137.40 $11.16 – $206.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $37.80 $9.45 – $50.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $66.00 $12.14 – $93.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $643.80 $13.24 – $912.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $100.20 $11.56 – $141.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $37.80 $13.24 – $50.40

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