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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour 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

$282.40

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.

$390.00

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.

$10.78 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $335.35 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 $10.78 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.78 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.78 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.78 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.93 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.54 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14.78 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.70 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.54 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $63.54 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $70.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $72.01 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $74.13 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $75.54 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $76.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $151.58 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $153.91 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $178.51 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $196.27 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $236.51 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $258.96 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $275.34 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $275.34 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $300.05 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $304.64 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $317.70 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $317.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $335.35 ↑ +19%

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Treatment inhalation continuous aerosol medication acute airway obstruction each additional hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $272.40 $10.78 – $408.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $234.00 $10.78 – $312.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $91.20 $10.78 – $129.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $197.40 $10.78 – $279.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $424.80 $10.78 – $531.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $186.60 $10.78 – $264.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.00 $10.78 – $312.00

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