healthcosts.net

Russell viper venom diluted 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

$751.20

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,035.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$9.47 with UPMC Work Partners vs $608.95 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.47 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.68 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.85 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $12.85 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.85 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.02 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $14.95 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.61 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $19.91 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $115.38 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $128.20 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $128.20 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $130.76 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $134.61 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $137.17 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $138.46 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $275.25 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $279.48 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $324.15 ↓ -57%
Wirerope Works Commercial $356.40 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Commercial $429.47 ↓ -43%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $470.24 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Auto $499.98 ↓ -33%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $499.98 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $544.85 ↓ -27%
Aetna Commercial $553.18 ↓ -26%
America's Choice PPO $576.90 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $576.90 ↓ -23%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $608.95 ↓ -19%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Russell viper venom diluted at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $225.00 $8.90 – $318.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $105.00 $7.99 – $157.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $424.20 $9.47 – $565.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $119.40 $8.69 – $169.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $48.60 $9.47 – $60.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $8.27 – $272.85
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $424.20 $9.47 – $565.60

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →