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Lead capillary 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

$404.80

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.

$558.00

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.

$10.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $59.85 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 $10.00 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $11.00 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.00 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.15 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $11.34 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.96 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $12.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.60 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.80 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.85 ↓ -97%
Cigna Medicare $13.23 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare $13.48 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.61 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $15.08 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.04 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $27.05 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.47 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $31.86 ↓ -92%
Wirerope Works Commercial $35.03 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Commercial $42.21 ↓ -90%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $46.22 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Auto $49.14 ↓ -88%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $49.14 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.55 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $54.37 ↓ -87%
America's Choice PPO $56.70 ↓ -86%
InterGroup PPO $56.70 ↓ -86%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $59.85 ↓ -85%

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Lead capillary at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $67.20 $11.00 – $95.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $90.60 $10.09 – $127.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $165.60 $11.00 – $220.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $85.20 $10.98 – $120.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $571.80 $10.00 – $184.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $62.40 $10.00 – $78.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $10.46 – $207.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $165.60 $11.00 – $220.80

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