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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$454.40

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.

$626.00

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.

$34.92 with UPMC Work Partners vs $539.60 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.92 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $48.83 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $53.71 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $53.71 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $53.71 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.45 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $62.50 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $73.64 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $83.22 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $102.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $113.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $113.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $115.87 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $119.28 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $121.55 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $122.69 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $243.90 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $247.65 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $287.24 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $315.81 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $380.56 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $416.68 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $443.04 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $443.04 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $482.80 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $490.18 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $511.20 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $511.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $539.60 ↑ +19%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $32.83 – $289.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $29.45 – $567.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $375.60 $34.92 – $500.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $325.20 $32.04 – $460.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $867.00 $34.92 – $1,228.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $178.80 $34.92 – $223.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $441.00 $30.50 – $624.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $375.60 $34.92 – $500.80

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