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#creutz-prot.,western blot at UPMC Wellsboro
32-36 Central Ave, Wellsboro, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1427501766
$176.80
Cash price 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.
$244.00
Gross charge 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.
$24.55 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $209.95 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $24.55 | ↓ -86% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $27.00 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $27.00 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $27.00 | ↓ -85% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $27.37 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $28.87 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $31.42 | ↓ -82% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $37.02 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $39.78 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $41.84 | ↓ -76% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $44.20 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $44.20 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $45.08 | ↓ -75% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $46.41 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $47.29 | ↓ -73% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $47.74 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $94.90 | ↓ -46% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $96.36 | ↓ -45% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $111.76 | ↓ -37% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $122.88 | ↓ -30% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $148.07 | ↓ -16% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $162.13 | ↓ -8% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $172.38 | ↓ -3% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $172.38 | ↓ -3% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $187.85 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $190.72 | ↑ +8% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $198.90 | ↑ +13% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $198.90 | ↑ +13% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $209.95 | ↑ +19% |
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#creutz-prot.,western blot at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $571.20 | $27.00 – $808.35 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $190.20 | $24.35 – $285.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $146.40 | $27.00 – $195.20 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $166.20 | $26.49 – $235.45 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $147.60 | $27.00 – $184.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $146.40 | $27.00 – $195.20 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,726.80 | $25.22 – $2,446.30 |