Metered dose inhaler drug 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

$2,333.60

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.

$2,917.00

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.

$2.22 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $72.67 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $13.77 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $15.30 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.30 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.61 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $16.07 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.37 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.52 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $28.92 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $32.85 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $33.35 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $38.69 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $42.08 ↓ -98%
Wirerope Works Commercial $42.53 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Commercial $51.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $56.12 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Auto $59.67 ↓ -97%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $59.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.03 ↓ -97%
Aetna Commercial $66.02 ↓ -97%
America's Choice PPO $68.85 ↓ -97%
InterGroup PPO $68.85 ↓ -97%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $72.67 ↓ -97%

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,149.60 $2.72 – $84.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,111.20 $2.72 – $137.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,718.40 $2.72 – $122.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,932.80 $2.72 – $3.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,111.20 $2.86 – $12.88
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,718.40 $2.22 – $10.64
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,111.20 $10.64 – $10.64
UPMC Kane Kane $408.60 $7.84 – $7.84

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