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Marker biop eviva buckle ss 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.

$91.08 with Aetna vs $480.70 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
Aetna Medicare $91.08 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $96.14 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $101.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $101.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $101.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.22 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $106.26 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.28 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.30 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $166.98 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $217.28 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $220.62 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $255.88 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $281.34 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $339.02 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $371.20 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $394.68 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $394.68 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $430.10 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $436.68 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $455.40 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $455.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $480.70 ↑ +19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Marker biop eviva buckle ss at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $149.40 $0.25 – $153.49
UPMC Muncy Muncy $216.60 $54.15 – $324.90
UPMC Northwest Seneca $400.80 $13.25 – $235.21
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,036.40 $13.25 – $282.06
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,051.60 $7.38 – $314.27
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,213.20 $3.20 – $116.42
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $429.60 $13.25 – $238.51
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,182.80 $97.47 – $324.90

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