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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$998.40

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.

$1,376.00

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.

$39.05 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $993.28 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.05 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $39.05 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.05 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.05 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.58 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $53.53 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $60.50 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $105.66 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $117.40 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $117.40 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $119.75 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare $123.27 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $126.79 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $252.06 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $255.93 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $267.07 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $294.79 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $296.85 ↓ -70%
Wirerope Works Commercial $326.37 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Commercial $393.29 ↓ -61%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $430.62 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Auto $457.86 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $457.86 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $498.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $506.58 ↓ -49%
America's Choice PPO $528.30 ↓ -47%
InterGroup PPO $528.30 ↓ -47%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $557.65 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -1%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $951.00 $39.05 – $1,347.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $510.00 $39.05 – $765.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $825.60 $39.05 – $1,100.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $39.05 – $865.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,341.60 $39.05 – $1,900.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $819.00 $39.05 – $1,023.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $753.00 $39.05 – $1,066.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $825.60 $39.05 – $1,100.80

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