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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling 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

$298.40

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.

$412.00

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.

$9.00 with Aetna vs $107.25 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 $9.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $10.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $10.20 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare $10.50 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare $10.70 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.80 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $21.47 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $25.29 ↓ -92%
Wirerope Works Commercial $27.80 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.00 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.00 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.00 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $28.00 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.38 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $32.58 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Commercial $33.50 ↓ -89%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $36.68 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.38 ↓ -87%
Multiplan Auto $39.00 ↓ -87%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $39.00 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Commercial $42.50 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $43.15 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $43.37 ↓ -85%
America's Choice PPO $45.00 ↓ -85%
InterGroup PPO $45.00 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $47.50 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.25 ↓ -64%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $309.00 $28.00 – $437.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $544.20 $28.00 – $816.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $247.20 $28.00 – $329.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $297.00 $28.00 – $420.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $609.00 $28.00 – $862.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $558.60 $28.00 – $698.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $400.80 $28.00 – $567.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $247.20 $28.00 – $116.80

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