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Shave sgl skin lsn s/n/h/f/g 0.5cm/< 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

$494.40

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.

$681.00

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.

$21.06 with Aetna vs $855.04 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families — 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 $21.06 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $23.40 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.40 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.87 ↓ -95%
Cigna Medicare $24.57 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $25.27 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.80 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.80 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.22 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $42.22 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $47.72 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $50.24 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $51.01 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $59.17 ↓ -88%
Wirerope Works Commercial $65.05 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Commercial $78.39 ↓ -84%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $85.83 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Auto $91.26 ↓ -82%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $91.26 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Commercial $99.45 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial $100.97 ↓ -80%
America's Choice PPO $105.30 ↓ -79%
InterGroup PPO $105.30 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $111.15 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.25 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $134.38 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $855.04 ↑ +73%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Shave sgl skin lsn s/n/h/f/g 0.5cm/< at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $542.40 $30.80 – $813.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $408.60 $30.80 – $855.04
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $722.40 $30.80 – $1,023.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $520.80 $30.80 – $768.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $742.80 $30.80 – $1,052.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $141.00 $30.80 – $855.04

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