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Ghs sphenopalatine ganglion block 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

$687.20

Cash price

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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.

$947.00

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.

$59.95 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $816.05 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.95 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $59.95 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.95 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.95 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $60.77 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $82.19 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $92.88 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $154.62 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $171.80 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $171.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $174.94 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $175.24 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $180.39 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $183.83 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $185.54 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $277.76 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $368.85 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $374.52 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $434.40 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $477.60 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $575.53 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $630.16 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $670.02 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $670.02 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $730.15 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $741.32 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $773.10 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $773.10 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $816.05 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs sphenopalatine ganglion block at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $928.20 $59.95 – $1,314.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $901.80 $59.95 – $1,352.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $568.20 $59.95 – $757.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,002.60 $59.95 – $1,420.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,380.80 $59.95 – $2,976.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $928.80 $59.95 – $1,315.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $568.20 $59.95 – $757.60

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