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Hemoglobin 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

$45.60

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.

$76.00

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.

$2.35 with UPMC Work Partners vs $25.41 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.35 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $3.23 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.55 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3.55 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.55 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $4.13 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $4.82 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $4.87 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $5.35 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.35 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5.46 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.50 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare $5.62 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $5.72 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.78 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $11.49 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $11.66 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $13.53 ↓ -70%
Wirerope Works Commercial $14.87 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Commercial $17.92 ↓ -61%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $19.62 ↓ -57%
Multiplan Auto $20.86 ↓ -54%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $20.86 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.74 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $23.09 ↓ -49%
America's Choice PPO $24.07 ↓ -47%
InterGroup PPO $24.07 ↓ -47%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $25.41 ↓ -44%

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Hemoglobin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.80 $2.20 – $79.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $61.20 $1.98 – $91.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $45.60 $2.35 – $60.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $24.00 $2.15 – $34.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $12.60 $2.35 – $15.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $37.20 $2.05 – $52.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $27.60 $2.35 – $23.20

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