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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$148.00

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.

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

$185.00

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.

$33.30 with Aetna vs $175.75 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
Aetna Medicare $33.30 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $37.00 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.00 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.74 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $38.85 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $39.59 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $39.96 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $69.57 ↓ -53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $69.93 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $79.44 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $80.66 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $93.55 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $101.75 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $102.86 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $123.95 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $135.72 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $144.30 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $144.30 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $157.25 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $159.66 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $166.50 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $166.50 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $175.75 ↑ +19%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $321.60 $2.97 – $127.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $148.00 $27.75 – $166.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $476.80 $2.97 – $237.16
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $73.05 – $1,552.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $69.57 – $2,153.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $105.60 $59.26 – $132.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $874.40 $2.97 – $197.35
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $90.40 – $2,153.90

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