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Sling suprapubic suburetheral 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

$4,885.60

Cash price

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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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$6,733.00

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.

$703.98 with Aetna vs $3,715.45 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

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 $703.98 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $743.09 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $782.20 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $782.20 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $782.20 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $797.84 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $821.31 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $836.95 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $844.78 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,290.63 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,679.38 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,705.20 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,977.79 ↓ -60%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,174.52 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Commercial $2,620.37 ↓ -46%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $2,869.11 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Auto $3,050.58 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,050.58 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,324.35 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $3,375.19 ↓ -31%
America's Choice PPO $3,519.90 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $3,519.90 ↓ -28%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $3,715.45 ↓ -24%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Sling suprapubic suburetheral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $19,302.00 $885.46 – $22,882.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $4,039.80 $646.80 – $3,880.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,137.40 $1,307.25 – $4,860.92
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $7,586.40 $707.52 – $5,829.16
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $21,560.40 $455.40 – $6,494.76
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,847.20 $921.60 – $4,147.20

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