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Dest mal lesion tal <0.5 17260 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

$1,172.00

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.

$1,615.00

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.

$37.44 with Aetna vs $313.51 with United Healthcare — 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 $37.44 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $41.60 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $41.60 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $42.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna Medicare $43.68 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.93 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $56.58 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $56.58 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $56.58 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $56.58 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.36 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $65.84 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $77.57 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $87.66 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $89.32 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $90.69 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $105.19 ↓ -91%
Wirerope Works Commercial $115.65 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Commercial $139.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $152.59 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Auto $162.24 ↓ -86%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $162.24 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $176.80 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial $179.50 ↓ -85%
America's Choice PPO $187.20 ↓ -84%
InterGroup PPO $187.20 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $197.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $262.74 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $313.51 ↓ -73%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Dest mal lesion tal <0.5 17260 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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