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Repair blood vessel direct hand finger 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

$7,133.40

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.

$11,889.00

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.

$726.32 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $11,294.55 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 $726.32 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $726.32 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $726.32 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $726.32 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $736.22 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $995.72 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,125.27 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,959.19 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $2,140.02 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $2,377.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,377.80 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,425.36 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $2,496.69 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,544.25 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,568.02 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,105.14 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5,183.60 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $6,012.27 ↓ -16%
Wirerope Works Commercial $6,610.28 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $7,965.63 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $8,721.77 ↑ +22%
Multiplan Auto $9,273.42 ↑ +30%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $9,273.42 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $10,105.65 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $10,260.21 ↑ +44%
America's Choice PPO $10,700.10 ↑ +50%
InterGroup PPO $10,700.10 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $11,294.55 ↑ +58%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Repair blood vessel direct hand finger at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $5,349.60 $726.32 – $8,024.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,436.00 $726.32 – $11,951.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,133.40 $726.32 – $9,511.20

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