Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 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

$18.60

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.

$31.00

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.

$5.58 with Aetna vs $46.33 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 $5.58 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $6.20 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $6.20 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6.32 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $6.51 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $6.63 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $6.70 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $13.31 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13.52 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $15.68 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $17.05 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $17.24 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $20.77 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $22.74 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Auto $24.18 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $24.18 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $26.35 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $26.75 ↑ +44%
InterGroup PPO $27.90 ↑ +50%
America's Choice PPO $27.90 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $29.45 ↑ +58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $46.33 ↑ +149%

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Mr safety implant&/fb assmt clin staff ea add 30 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $18.60 $10.85 – $46.33
UPMC Bedford Everett $18.60 $7.75 – $46.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $19.20 $4.38 – $48.48
UPMC Cole Coudersport $19.20 $8.87 – $46.33
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $19.20 $6.40 – $73.72
UPMC East Monroeville $18.60 $7.75 – $46.33
UPMC Hamot Erie $18.60 $46.33 – $50.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $18.60 $43.52 – $46.33

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