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Thyroid mets imag whole body 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

$3,900.80

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.

$5,376.00

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.

$72.32 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,632.20 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $72.32 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $103.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $103.40 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $104.81 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $141.75 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $160.19 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $574.49 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $877.68 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $975.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $975.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $994.70 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $1,023.96 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,043.46 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,053.22 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,093.75 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,125.94 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $2,465.79 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $2,711.06 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $3,266.92 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $3,577.03 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $3,803.28 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $3,803.28 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $4,144.60 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $4,207.99 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $4,388.40 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $4,388.40 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4,632.20 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Thyroid mets imag whole body at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,004.60 $103.40 – $2,839.85
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,225.60 $72.32 – $4,300.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,323.20 $67.80 – $7,541.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,574.40 $64.97 – $1,968.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,225.60 $72.32 – $4,300.80

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