Alprostadil for injection at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$249.00
Cash price 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.
$415.00
Gross charge 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.
$11.71 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $290.28 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $11.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $11.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $11.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $11.71 | ↓ -95% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $98.13 | ↓ -61% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $99.12 | ↓ -60% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $99.12 | ↓ -60% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $99.12 | ↓ -60% |
| Humana | Medicare | $100.11 | ↓ -60% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $101.60 | ↓ -59% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $101.60 | ↓ -59% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $102.66 | ↓ -59% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $104.08 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $107.05 | ↓ -57% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $107.05 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $107.97 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $127.30 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $141.60 | ↓ -43% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $194.70 | ↓ -22% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $194.70 | ↓ -22% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $247.80 | ↓ -0% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $265.50 | ↑ +7% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $283.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $283.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $283.20 | ↑ +14% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $283.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Humana | Commercial | $283.20 | ↑ +14% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $290.28 | ↑ +17% |
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Alprostadil for injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,677.60 | $1.41 – $4.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $151.80 | $14.47 – $124.10 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $151.80 | $0.44 – $124.10 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $199.80 | $1.20 – $9.67 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $151.80 | $14.47 – $14.47 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $151.80 | $10.48 – $14.47 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $282.00 | $3.23 – $11.29 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $151.80 | $0.44 – $14.47 |