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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr 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

$128.80

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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.

$161.00

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.

$15.30 with Aetna vs $80.75 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
Aetna Medicare $15.30 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $17.00 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.00 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.34 ↓ -87%
Cigna Medicare $17.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.19 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $18.36 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.17 ↓ -77%
Geisinger CHIP $30.17 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.17 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.17 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.17 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.13 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $33.18 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.18 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $36.50 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.06 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $42.98 ↓ -67%
Wirerope Works Commercial $47.26 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Commercial $56.95 ↓ -56%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $62.36 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Auto $66.30 ↓ -49%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $66.30 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $72.25 ↓ -44%
Aetna Commercial $73.36 ↓ -43%
America's Choice PPO $76.50 ↓ -41%
InterGroup PPO $76.50 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $80.75 ↓ -37%

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Phenobarbital in ns IV syringe 10 mg/ml (neonate) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $42.00 $3.44 – $30.17
UPMC Muncy Muncy $128.80 $12.86 – $77.17
UPMC Northwest Seneca $13.60 $4.25 – $30.17
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $42.15 $3.47 – $30.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $84.60 $3.47 – $59.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $40.80 $3.40 – $36.47
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $28.60 $3.47 – $30.17
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $42.15 $3.40 – $59.71

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