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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at UPMC Wellsboro
32-36 Central Ave, Wellsboro, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1427501766
$244.00
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.
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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.
$336.00
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.
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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.
$7.74 with Aetna vs $40.85 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
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 |
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| Aetna | Medicare | $7.74 | ↓ -97% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Medicare | $8.60 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $8.60 | ↓ -96% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $8.77 | ↓ -96% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $9.03 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $9.20 | ↓ -96% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $9.29 | ↓ -96% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | PA Medicaid | $9.29 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $18.46 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $18.75 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial | $21.75 | ↓ -91% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $23.65 | ↓ -90% |
| Wirerope Works | Commercial | $23.91 | ↓ -90% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $28.81 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna | PEBTF Custom Network | $31.54 | ↓ -87% |
| Multiplan | Auto | $33.54 | ↓ -86% |
| Multiplan | PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) | $33.54 | ↓ -86% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $36.55 | ↓ -85% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $37.11 | ↓ -85% |
| America's Choice | PPO | $38.70 | ↓ -84% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $38.70 | ↓ -84% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $40.85 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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Sling arm deluxe w/pad xs at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $210.00 | $12.50 – $45.00 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $201.60 | $7.05 – $42.30 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $91.80 | $12.50 – $48.86 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $197.40 | $11.66 – $58.59 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $215.40 | $8.71 – $68.85 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $213.60 | $12.75 – $49.54 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $201.60 | $2.97 – $9.90 |