Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr 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

$9.60

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.

$13.00

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.

$2.16 with Aetna vs $17.26 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 $2.16 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $2.40 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2.45 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $2.52 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $2.57 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2.59 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.15 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.23 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6.07 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.60 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $6.67 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $8.04 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.64 ↓ -10%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $8.80 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $9.36 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9.36 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.20 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $10.36 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $10.80 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $10.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11.40 ↑ +19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.26 ↑ +80%

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Foam drsg <=16 sq in without bdr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4.20 $3.50 – $41.83
UPMC East Monroeville $118.20 $1.75 – $41.83
UPMC Hamot Erie $9.00 $13.27 – $17.26
UPMC Jameson New Castle $6.00 $6.40 – $41.83
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $8.40 $7.04 – $41.83
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $6.00 $7.04 – $41.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $64.20 $13.27 – $33.03
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8.40 $13.40 – $60.70

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