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Liver Function Test 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

$280.80

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.

$387.00

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.

$8.08 with UPMC Work Partners vs $333.45 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.08 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $9.03 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.93 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $9.93 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.93 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.07 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $11.56 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.62 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.39 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $63.18 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $70.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $71.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $73.71 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $75.11 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $75.82 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $150.72 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $153.04 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $177.50 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $195.16 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $235.17 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $257.49 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $273.78 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $273.78 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $298.35 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $302.91 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $315.90 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $315.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $333.45 ↑ +19%

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Liver Function Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $168.00 $8.08 – $224.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $201.00 $7.59 – $267.75
UPMC Hamot Erie $321.00 $8.08 – $374.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.00 $8.09 – $76.50
UPMC Altoona Altoona $156.00 $8.08 – $208.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $2.95 – $112.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $79.20 $5.31 – $105.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.00 $8.09 – $63.75

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