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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution 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

$2,879.40

Cash price

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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.

$4,799.00

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.

$328.34 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $4,559.05 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 $328.34 ↓ -89%
Geisinger CHIP $328.34 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $328.34 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $328.34 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $328.34 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $328.34 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $361.17 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $361.17 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $863.82 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $959.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $959.80 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $979.00 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $1,007.79 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,026.99 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,036.58 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,814.02 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,060.69 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,092.36 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,426.85 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,668.24 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $3,215.33 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,520.55 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Auto $3,743.22 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,743.22 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,079.15 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $4,141.54 ↑ +44%
America's Choice PPO $4,319.10 ↑ +50%
InterGroup PPO $4,319.10 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,559.05 ↑ +58%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dactinomycin 0.5 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,879.40 $328.34 – $4,319.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $166.20 $25.60 – $361.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $166.20 $25.60 – $361.17
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,624.80 $25.10 – $375.00
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $166.20 $25.08 – $354.61

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