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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells 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

$428.80

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.

$591.00

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.

$96.48 with Aetna vs $509.20 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 $96.48 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $107.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $107.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $109.34 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $112.56 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $114.70 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $115.78 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.07 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $174.56 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $192.02 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $192.02 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $192.02 ↓ -55%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $194.63 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $223.44 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $230.16 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $233.70 ↓ -45%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $263.24 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $271.06 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $297.49 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $298.02 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $359.12 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $393.21 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $418.08 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $418.08 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $455.60 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $462.57 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $482.40 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $482.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $509.20 ↑ +19%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,340.40 $119.83 – $2,010.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $354.60 $88.65 – $472.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,167.00 $130.37 – $1,653.25
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,099.40 $133.59 – $1,083.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,004.60 $142.07 – $2,839.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,028.40 $142.07 – $1,285.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,228.20 $124.11 – $1,739.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $354.60 $142.07 – $472.80

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