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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont 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

$3,520.00

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.

$4,851.00

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.

$393.92 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,180.00 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $393.92 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $420.93 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $420.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $420.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $420.93 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $426.67 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $577.05 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $652.13 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $792.00 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $880.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $880.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $897.60 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $924.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $941.60 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $950.40 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,109.81 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,889.36 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,918.40 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,225.08 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,446.40 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $2,948.00 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,227.84 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $3,432.00 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,432.00 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,740.00 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $3,797.20 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $3,960.00 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $3,960.00 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,180.00 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI orbit fac&nck w IV cont at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,178.60 $316.41 – $3,086.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $5,313.60 $283.82 – $7,970.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,910.60 $393.92 – $3,880.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,493.20 $308.78 – $4,948.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,004.00 $367.72 – $11,339.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,854.80 $337.08 – $3,568.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,742.40 $293.97 – $6,718.40

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