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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) 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

$2,201.60

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.

$3,035.00

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.

$30.62 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $1,041.20 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
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.62 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $30.62 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $30.62 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.62 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.98 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $47.44 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.75 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare $197.28 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $219.20 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $219.20 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $223.58 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare $230.16 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $234.54 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $236.74 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $470.62 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $477.86 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $554.25 ↓ -75%
Wirerope Works Commercial $609.38 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Commercial $734.32 ↓ -67%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $804.03 ↓ -63%
Multiplan Auto $854.88 ↓ -61%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $854.88 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Commercial $931.60 ↓ -58%
Aetna Commercial $945.85 ↓ -57%
America's Choice PPO $986.40 ↓ -55%
InterGroup PPO $986.40 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $993.28 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,041.20 ↓ -53%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Transfusion blood/blood component(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,167.00 $30.62 – $1,653.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $610.80 $30.62 – $916.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,821.00 $30.62 – $2,428.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $931.80 $30.62 – $1,320.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $828.60 $30.62 – $1,173.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,476.00 $30.62 – $1,845.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,008.60 $30.62 – $1,428.85
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,821.00 $30.62 – $2,428.00

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