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X-ray ribs 2 views left 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

$368.80

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.

$508.00

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.

$21.12 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $437.95 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families PA Medicaid $21.12 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.15 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.15 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $29.15 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $29.15 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.55 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $39.96 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $45.16 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $77.85 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $82.98 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Medicare $92.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $92.20 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $94.04 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $96.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $98.65 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $99.58 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $197.95 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $201.00 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial $233.13 ↓ -37%
Wirerope Works Commercial $256.32 ↓ -30%
Geisinger Commercial $308.87 ↓ -16%
Aetna PEBTF Custom Network $338.19 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Auto $359.58 ↓ -3%
Multiplan PPO (Includes PHCS as a Payer) $359.58 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $391.85 ↑ +6%
Aetna Commercial $397.84 ↑ +8%
America's Choice PPO $414.90 ↑ +13%
InterGroup PPO $414.90 ↑ +13%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $437.95 ↑ +19%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $29.15 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $29.15 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $304.80 $21.12 – $406.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $175.20 $29.15 – $248.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $19.80 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $18.98 – $235.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $29.15 – $573.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $304.80 $21.12 – $406.40

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