Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$2,013.60

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.

$2,775.00

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.

$453.06 with Aetna vs $2,391.15 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 $453.06 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $492.31 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $503.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $503.40 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $513.47 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $528.57 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $538.64 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $543.67 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,080.80 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,097.41 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $1,272.85 ↓ -37%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,384.35 ↓ -31%
Wirerope Works Commercial $1,399.45 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $1,686.39 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $1,846.47 ↓ -8%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $1,963.26 ↓ -3%
Multiplan Auto $1,963.26 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,139.45 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $2,172.17 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $2,265.30 ↑ +13%
America's Choice PPO $2,265.30 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,391.15 ↑ +19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,635.00 $120.82 – $2,180.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,160.60 $368.15 – $3,060.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,160.60 $503.85 – $3,060.85
UPMC East Monroeville $415.80 $121.97 – $720.47
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,177.60 $120.82 – $831.51
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,776.60 $313.58 – $720.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,160.60 $503.85 – $1,644.55
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $721.80 $307.92 – $720.47

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →