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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional 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

$52.00

Cash price

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$71.00

Gross charge

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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.

$3.27 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $61.75 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

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 $3.27 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.60 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.65 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.88 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $4.19 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $4.93 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.57 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $11.70 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $13.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $13.26 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $13.65 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.91 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.04 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $27.91 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.34 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $32.87 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $36.14 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $43.55 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $47.68 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $50.70 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $50.70 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $55.25 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $56.09 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $58.50 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $58.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $61.75 ↑ +19%

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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $20.40 $3.60 – $28.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $45.60 $3.27 – $68.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $42.60 $3.60 – $56.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $34.80 $3.56 – $49.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $25.20 $3.27 – $35.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $20.40 $3.60 – $15.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $19.80 $3.38 – $28.05
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $42.60 $3.60 – $56.80

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