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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit 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

$1,438.40

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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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$1,982.00

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.

$202.32 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,708.10 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

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

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 $202.32 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $323.64 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $359.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $359.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $366.79 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $377.58 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $384.77 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $388.37 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $772.06 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $783.93 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $909.25 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $988.90 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $999.69 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $1,204.66 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,319.01 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $1,402.44 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,402.44 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,528.30 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $1,551.67 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $1,618.20 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $1,618.20 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,708.10 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $797.40 $203.29 – $1,196.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,189.20 $202.32 – $1,783.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $910.20 $221.17 – $1,289.45
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $677.40 $226.63 – $959.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,600.40 $189.67 – $3,683.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $376.80 $181.77 – $471.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $646.80 $210.56 – $916.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,189.20 $202.32 – $1,783.80

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