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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance 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

$336.00

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.

$560.00

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.

$74.61 with UPMC Work Partners vs $532.00 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 $74.61 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $100.80 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $112.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $112.00 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $114.24 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $117.60 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $119.84 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $120.96 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $240.46 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $244.16 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $283.19 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $308.00 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $311.36 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $375.20 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $410.82 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Auto $436.80 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $436.80 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $476.00 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $483.28 ↑ +44%
America's Choice PPO $504.00 ↑ +50%
InterGroup PPO $504.00 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $532.00 ↑ +58%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amp probe mycobacterium tuberculosis rifampin resistance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $147.00 $27.01 – $220.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $336.00 $74.61 – $448.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $147.00 $69.62 – $208.25
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $334.20 $47.35 – $473.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $195.60 $27.27 – $277.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $147.00 $47.40 – $208.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $145.80 $74.36 – $194.40

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