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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant 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

$1,502.40

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.

$1,878.00

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.

$129.34 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,784.10 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $129.34 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $142.27 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $142.27 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $142.27 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $144.21 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $165.56 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $195.04 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $220.42 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $235.22 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $338.04 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $375.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $375.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $383.11 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $394.38 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $401.89 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $405.65 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $806.41 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $818.81 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $949.70 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,044.17 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $1,258.26 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,377.70 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $1,464.84 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,464.84 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,596.30 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $1,620.71 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $1,690.20 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $1,690.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,784.10 ↑ +19%

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Msh6 gene dup/delete variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,522.80 $142.27 – $2,157.30
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,523.40 $142.27 – $2,285.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,194.60 $142.27 – $1,592.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,027.40 $129.34 – $2,158.15
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,027.40 $142.27 – $2,872.15
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,971.00 $142.27 – $1,918.40

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