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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed 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

$5,277.60

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$8,796.00

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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.

$85.38 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $8,356.20 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $85.38 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.38 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $85.38 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $85.38 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $86.55 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $117.05 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $132.28 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $143.03 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $1,583.28 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $1,759.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,759.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,794.38 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $1,847.16 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,882.34 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,899.94 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,777.00 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,835.06 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $4,448.14 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $4,890.58 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $5,893.32 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $6,452.75 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Auto $6,860.88 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $6,860.88 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,476.60 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $7,590.95 ↑ +44%
America's Choice PPO $7,916.40 ↑ +50%
InterGroup PPO $7,916.40 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $8,356.20 ↑ +58%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,763.20 $85.38 – $5,644.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,218.20 $85.38 – $7,392.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,660.40 $85.38 – $3,325.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,277.60 $85.38 – $7,036.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $85.38 – $983.24

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