Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1.20

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.

$2.00

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.

$0.55 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $12.93 with United Healthcare — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $0.55 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $0.56 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $0.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $0.56 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $0.57 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare $0.59 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $0.60 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $0.60 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $0.61 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.72 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $1.50 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $1.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1.64 ↑ +37%
Geisinger Medicaid $5.46 ↑ +355%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.46 ↑ +355%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $5.46 ↑ +355%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $5.46 ↑ +355%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $5.46 ↑ +355%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5.67 ↑ +373%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $6.00 ↑ +400%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $6.75 ↑ +463%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6.75 ↑ +463%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $6.75 ↑ +463%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6.75 ↑ +463%
United Healthcare Commercial $12.93 ↑ +978%

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Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $36.00 $3.45 – $36.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $378.00 $5.41 – $267.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $378.00 $5.41 – $267.75
UPMC East Monroeville $38.40 $3.45 – $38.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $43.40 $3.45 – $6.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $40.40 $3.45 – $5.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $378.00 $5.41 – $8.74
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $40.40 $3.45 – $10.25

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