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Troponin quantitative 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

$110.40

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.

$152.00

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.

$9.87 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $115.90 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 $9.87 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.86 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10.86 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.86 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.01 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.32 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $12.63 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14.88 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.82 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $21.96 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $24.40 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.40 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $24.89 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $25.62 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.11 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.35 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.39 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.19 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $61.70 ↓ -44%
Wirerope Works Commercial $67.83 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Commercial $81.74 ↓ -26%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $89.50 ↓ -19%
Multiplan Auto $95.16 ↓ -14%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $95.16 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $103.70 ↓ -6%
Aetna Commercial $105.29 ↓ -5%
America's Choice PPO $109.80 ↓ -1%
InterGroup PPO $109.80 ↓ -1%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $115.90 ↑ +5%

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Troponin quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $165.00 $10.86 – $233.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $176.40 $10.39 – $264.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $91.20 $10.86 – $107.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $114.60 $10.86 – $162.35
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $291.00 $9.87 – $412.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $63.60 $10.86 – $79.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $137.40 $10.77 – $194.65
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $91.20 $10.86 – $121.60

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