Minoxidil, 10 mg 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

$13.20

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.

$16.50

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.

$0.10 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $12.11 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 $0.10 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $2.29 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $2.55 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.55 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2.60 ↓ -80%
Cigna Medicare $2.68 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $2.73 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2.75 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.82 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5.47 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.56 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6.45 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.01 ↓ -47%
Wirerope Works Commercial $7.09 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Commercial $8.54 ↓ -35%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $9.35 ↓ -29%
Multiplan Auto $9.95 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9.95 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Commercial $10.84 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $11.00 ↓ -17%
America's Choice PPO $11.47 ↓ -13%
InterGroup PPO $11.47 ↓ -13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $12.11 ↓ -8%

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Minoxidil, 10 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1.40 $0.10 – $8.29
UPMC East Monroeville $13.60 $0.10 – $13.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $20.20 $0.10 – $0.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12.80 $0.10 – $10.03
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $12.20 $0.10 – $8.29
UPMC Jameson New Castle $13.60 $0.47 – $8.29
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $16.80 $0.11 – $8.29
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $11.60 $0.11 – $8.29

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