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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe 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

$1,081.60

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.

$1,491.00

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.

$14.71 with Aetna vs $77.66 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
Aetna Medicare $14.71 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $16.35 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.35 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.68 ↓ -98%
Cigna Medicare $17.17 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.49 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.66 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.19 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.51 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $25.51 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.51 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.86 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $29.68 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $34.97 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $35.10 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.64 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.52 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $41.34 ↓ -96%
Wirerope Works Commercial $45.45 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Commercial $54.77 ↓ -95%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $59.97 ↓ -94%
Multiplan Auto $63.77 ↓ -94%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $63.77 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.49 ↓ -94%
Aetna Commercial $70.55 ↓ -93%
America's Choice PPO $73.58 ↓ -93%
InterGroup PPO $73.58 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $77.66 ↓ -93%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $355.80 $25.51 – $533.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $290.40 $25.51 – $387.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $189.00 $25.51 – $267.75
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $372.00 $17.00 – $91.01
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,109.40 $23.19 – $1,571.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $23.19 – $222.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $349.80 $25.51 – $349.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $292.80 $25.51 – $387.20

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