Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at UPMC Cole

1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$45.60

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.

$76.00

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.

$19.84 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $62.32 with Aetna — 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) $19.84 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $19.84 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $19.84 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.84 ↓ -56%
Geisinger Medicaid $19.84 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $21.07 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $21.28 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.28 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $21.49 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.83 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $22.34 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $22.98 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.98 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $23.18 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.33 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $32.63 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $45.26 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $45.26 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $45.26 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $45.26 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $57.00 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $60.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $60.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $60.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $60.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $60.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $62.32 ↑ +37%

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Acetazolamide 500 mg solution for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $12.53 – $100.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $128.80 $12.53 – $144.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $25.80 $4.25 – $39.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $25.80 $6.20 – $84.25
UPMC East Monroeville $301.60 $12.53 – $301.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $222.40 $12.53 – $76.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $195.20 $12.53 – $131.32
UPMC Hanover Hanover $25.80 $19.84 – $39.65

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