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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 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

$1,143.00

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.

$1,905.00

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.

$43.23 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $900.60 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 $43.23 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $43.23 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $43.23 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.23 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.82 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $50.30 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $59.26 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.98 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.27 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $170.64 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $189.60 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $189.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $193.39 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $199.08 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $202.87 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.77 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $407.07 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $413.33 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $479.40 ↓ -58%
Wirerope Works Commercial $527.09 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Commercial $635.16 ↓ -44%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $695.45 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Auto $739.44 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $739.44 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial $805.80 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $818.12 ↓ -28%
America's Choice PPO $853.20 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $853.20 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $900.60 ↓ -21%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis initial up to 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $771.00 $43.23 – $1,156.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,143.00 $43.23 – $1,524.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $411.60 $43.23 – $583.10
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $422.40 $43.23 – $598.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $687.00 $43.23 – $973.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $522.00 $43.23 – $485.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $490.20 $43.23 – $694.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,143.00 $43.23 – $1,524.00

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