Thiotepa injection 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

$2,755.20

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.

$4,592.00

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.

$826.56 with Aetna vs $4,362.40 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 $826.56 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $918.40 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $918.40 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $936.77 ↓ -66%
Cigna Medicare $964.32 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $982.69 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $991.87 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,735.78 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,971.80 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,002.11 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,322.17 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,525.60 ↓ -8%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,553.15 ↓ -7%
Geisinger Commercial $3,076.64 ↑ +12%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,368.69 ↑ +22%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,581.76 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Auto $3,581.76 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,903.20 ↑ +42%
Aetna Commercial $3,962.90 ↑ +44%
InterGroup PPO $4,132.80 ↑ +50%
America's Choice PPO $4,132.80 ↑ +50%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,362.40 ↑ +58%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Thiotepa injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $2,195.40 $208.54 – $2,927.20
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,062.60 $208.54 – $291.49
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,928.60 $208.54 – $208.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $681.63 – $681.63
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $206.57 – $291.49
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $208.54 – $208.54

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