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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) 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

$584.00

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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$805.00

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.

$116.26 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $693.50 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $116.26 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $131.40 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $142.84 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $142.84 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $142.84 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $142.84 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $144.78 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $146.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $146.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $148.92 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $153.30 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $156.22 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $157.68 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $195.81 ↓ -66%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $221.29 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $313.46 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $318.28 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $369.16 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $405.88 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $489.10 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $535.53 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $569.40 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $569.40 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $620.50 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $629.99 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $657.00 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $657.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $693.50 ↑ +19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Diagnostic Mammogram (both breasts) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $612.00 $73.61 – $714.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $310.20 $70.83 – $611.06
UPMC Altoona Altoona $583.20 $73.61 – $777.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $609.00 $136.34 – $913.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $458.40 $136.34 – $611.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $310.20 $103.40 – $675.02
UPMC Hanover Hanover $310.20 $98.23 – $611.06
UPMC Jameson New Castle $306.00 $74.91 – $448.80

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