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Warde viscosity 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

$250.40

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.

$345.00

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.

$4.00 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $297.35 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 $4.00 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.40 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4.40 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.40 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.46 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $5.12 ↓ -98%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $6.03 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.82 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.53 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $56.34 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $62.60 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $62.60 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $63.85 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $65.73 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.98 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $67.61 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $134.40 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $136.47 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $158.28 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $174.03 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $209.71 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $229.62 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $244.14 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $244.14 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $266.05 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $270.12 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $281.70 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $281.70 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $297.35 ↑ +19%

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Warde viscosity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $181.20 $4.40 – $256.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $119.40 $4.40 – $179.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $207.00 $4.40 – $276.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $4.40 – $113.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $557.40 $4.00 – $789.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $59.40 $4.40 – $74.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $117.00 $4.40 – $165.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $207.00 $4.40 – $276.00

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