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Warde calcitonin 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

$585.60

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.

$807.00

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.

$20.93 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $695.40 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 $20.93 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $23.02 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $23.02 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.02 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.34 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.47 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $26.79 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $31.56 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.67 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $131.76 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $146.40 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $146.40 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $149.33 ↓ -74%
Cigna Medicare $153.72 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $156.65 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $158.11 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $314.32 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $319.15 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $370.17 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $406.99 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $490.44 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $537.00 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $570.96 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $570.96 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $622.20 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $631.72 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $658.80 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $658.80 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $695.40 ↑ +19%

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Warde calcitonin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $23.02 – $547.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $202.80 $22.33 – $304.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $484.20 $23.02 – $645.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.20 $23.02 – $188.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $268.20 $20.93 – $379.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $136.20 $23.02 – $170.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $200.40 $23.02 – $283.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $484.20 $23.02 – $645.60

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