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Uric acid urine 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

$99.20

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.

$137.00

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.

$4.50 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $75.05 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 $4.50 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.95 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4.95 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.02 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.02 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $5.76 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $6.79 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.67 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $14.22 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $15.80 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.80 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.12 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $16.59 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.91 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.06 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.92 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $34.44 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $39.95 ↓ -60%
Wirerope Works Commercial $43.92 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Commercial $52.93 ↓ -47%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $57.95 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Auto $61.62 ↓ -38%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $61.62 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Commercial $67.15 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $68.18 ↓ -31%
America's Choice PPO $71.10 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $71.10 ↓ -28%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $75.05 ↓ -24%

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Uric acid urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $2.24 – $179.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $39.60 $2.22 – $59.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $52.20 $4.95 – $69.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $36.00 $2.24 – $51.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $375.00 $2.36 – $531.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.80 $4.95 – $17.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $64.80 $2.24 – $90.95
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $52.20 $4.95 – $69.60

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