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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 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

$307.20

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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.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$423.00

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.

$27.39 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $364.80 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
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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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $27.39 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $69.12 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $76.80 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $76.80 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $78.34 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $80.64 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $82.18 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $82.94 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $164.89 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $167.42 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $194.19 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $211.20 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $213.50 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $257.28 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $281.70 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $299.52 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $299.52 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $326.40 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $331.39 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $345.60 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $345.60 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $364.80 ↑ +19%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe hsv-1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $227.40 $29.25 – $341.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $253.80 $27.39 – $338.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $31.82 – $433.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $355.80 $32.61 – $504.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $611.40 $25.68 – $866.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $24.61 – $244.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,707.60 $30.30 – $2,419.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $253.80 $27.39 – $338.40

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