Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at UPMC Cole

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

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

$5,517.60

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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.

$9,196.00

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.

$37.70 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $235.77 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 $37.70 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.08 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.08 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $38.08 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare $38.46 ↓ -99%
Cigna Medicare $39.98 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $41.13 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $41.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare $41.48 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.91 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $94.45 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid $94.45 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $94.45 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $94.45 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.45 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $95.20 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $100.52 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $100.52 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $100.52 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $100.52 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Commercial $102.00 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $103.24 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $103.89 ↓ -98%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $108.80 ↓ -98%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $108.80 ↓ -98%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $108.80 ↓ -98%
InterGroup PPO $108.80 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $108.80 ↓ -98%
Aetna Commercial $111.52 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Commercial $235.77 ↓ -96%

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Alteplase 100 mg infusion from pyxis vial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,280.00 $12.06 – $177.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,280.00 $17.60 – $177.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,280.00 $93.51 – $177.50
UPMC Kane Kane $19,391.40 $94.45 – $150.94
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,280.00 $93.51 – $177.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $22,001.40 $49.03 – $195.25
UPMC Memorial York $5,280.00 $39.59 – $177.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $612.00 $48.57 – $204.13

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