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Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm 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

$4,352.80

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.

$5,999.00

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.

$42.66 with Aetna vs $1,164.37 with United Healthcare — 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 $42.66 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $44.00 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $44.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $44.00 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.00 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.60 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $47.40 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.40 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $48.35 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $49.77 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $51.19 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $60.32 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $68.17 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $101.77 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $103.33 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $119.85 ↓ -97%
Wirerope Works Commercial $131.77 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $149.73 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Commercial $158.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $173.86 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Auto $184.86 ↓ -96%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $184.86 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Commercial $201.45 ↓ -95%
Aetna Commercial $204.53 ↓ -95%
America's Choice PPO $213.30 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $213.30 ↓ -95%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $225.15 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $732.16 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,164.37 ↓ -73%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia <= 0.5 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,873.40 $44.00 – $4,070.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,896.00 $44.00 – $2,844.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,599.40 $44.00 – $4,799.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,024.60 $44.00 – $4,284.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $44.00 – $2,601.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,703.40 $44.00 – $2,413.15
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,105.20 $44.00 – $1,473.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $44.00 – $1,621.93

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