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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$285.60

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.

$476.00

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.

$21.16 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $176.70 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.16 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.16 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $21.16 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.16 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.45 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $24.63 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $29.01 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.79 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $33.48 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $37.20 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.20 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.94 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $39.06 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $39.80 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.18 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.32 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $79.87 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $81.10 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $94.06 ↓ -67%
Wirerope Works Commercial $103.42 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Commercial $124.62 ↓ -56%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $136.45 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Auto $145.08 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $145.08 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $158.10 ↓ -45%
Aetna Commercial $160.52 ↓ -44%
America's Choice PPO $167.40 ↓ -41%
InterGroup PPO $167.40 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $176.70 ↓ -38%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $21.16 – $361.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $285.60 $21.16 – $380.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $228.60 $21.16 – $323.85
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $21.16 – $422.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $687.00 $21.16 – $973.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $171.60 $21.16 – $214.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $697.80 $21.16 – $988.55
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $285.60 $21.16 – $380.80

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