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Ghs fb removal - incisional 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

$7,126.80

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.

$11,878.00

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.

$39.24 with Aetna vs $921.60 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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 $39.24 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $43.60 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $43.60 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $44.47 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $45.78 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $46.65 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $47.09 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $71.50 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $71.50 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $71.50 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $71.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $72.47 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $93.61 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $95.05 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $98.02 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $110.24 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $110.77 ↓ -98%
Wirerope Works Commercial $121.21 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Commercial $146.06 ↓ -98%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $159.92 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Auto $170.04 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $170.04 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $185.30 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial $188.13 ↓ -97%
America's Choice PPO $196.20 ↓ -97%
InterGroup PPO $196.20 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $207.10 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $341.50 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $921.60 ↓ -87%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs fb removal - incisional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $451.20 $71.50 – $1,699.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,182.40 $71.50 – $4,773.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $7,126.80 $71.50 – $9,502.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,031.60 $71.50 – $7,128.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,674.80 $71.50 – $3,343.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,126.80 $71.50 – $9,502.40

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