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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) 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

$1,778.40

Cash price

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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.

$2,451.00

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.

$14.45 with Aetna vs $149.53 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 $14.45 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $16.05 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.05 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.37 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $16.85 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.17 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.33 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $23.10 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $23.10 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.41 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.88 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $31.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $34.46 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34.99 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $40.58 ↓ -98%
Wirerope Works Commercial $44.62 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Commercial $53.77 ↓ -97%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $58.87 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Auto $62.59 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $62.59 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $68.21 ↓ -96%
Aetna Commercial $69.26 ↓ -96%
America's Choice PPO $72.22 ↓ -96%
InterGroup PPO $72.22 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $76.24 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $149.53 ↓ -92%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Injection(s) anesthetic agent(s) and/or steroid other peripheral nerve/branch (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $615.00 $23.10 – $821.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $576.00 $23.10 – $864.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,470.60 $23.10 – $1,960.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $611.40 $23.10 – $866.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,647.60 $23.10 – $2,334.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $948.00 $23.10 – $1,185.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $607.20 $23.10 – $860.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,470.60 $23.10 – $1,960.80

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