Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ 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

$1,219.20

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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.

$1,524.00

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.

$274.32 with Aetna vs $1,447.80 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
Aetna Medicare $274.32 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $304.80 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $304.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $310.90 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $320.04 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $326.14 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $329.18 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $530.20 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $654.41 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $664.46 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $671.12 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $770.69 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $838.20 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $847.34 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $1,021.08 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,118.01 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,188.72 ↓ -3%
Multiplan Auto $1,188.72 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,295.40 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $1,315.21 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $1,371.60 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $1,371.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,447.80 ↑ +19%

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Hrdtry brst ca-rlatd do 5+ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,982.20 $604.07 – $2,560.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,135.80 $470.47 – $2,880.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,920.00 $609.82 – $2,560.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,200.60 $604.07 – $1,408.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,135.80 $671.12 – $1,408.27
UPMC Jameson New Castle $4,135.80 $476.35 – $1,408.27
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,135.80 $609.82 – $1,434.35

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