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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl 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

$76.60

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.

$106.00

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.

$7.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $90.96 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 $7.00 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $7.70 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $7.70 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.70 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7.80 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.09 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $8.96 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $10.56 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.93 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $17.23 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $19.15 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.15 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.53 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $20.11 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $20.49 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.68 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $41.12 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.75 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $48.42 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $53.24 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $64.15 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $70.24 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $74.69 ↓ -2%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $74.69 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial $81.39 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $82.63 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $86.17 ↑ +12%
InterGroup PPO $86.17 ↑ +12%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $90.96 ↑ +19%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement hdl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $249.60 $7.61 – $353.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $70.20 $6.83 – $105.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $63.60 $7.70 – $84.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $7.43 – $63.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $242.40 $7.00 – $343.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $42.00 $7.00 – $27.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $52.80 $7.07 – $74.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $60.60 $7.70 – $80.80

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