Aminolevulinic acid delta at UPMC Cole

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

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

$112.20

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.

$187.00

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.

$10.69 with BCBS of Western NY vs $149.60 with InterGroup — 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $10.69 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.60 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.26 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid $16.68 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $18.10 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $24.68 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $51.84 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.36 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $52.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $52.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $52.88 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $53.67 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $53.67 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $54.23 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $54.98 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $56.55 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $56.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $57.03 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $74.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $76.25 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $76.25 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $83.55 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $92.85 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.85 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $130.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $140.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $149.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $149.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $149.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $149.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $149.60 ↑ +33%

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Aminolevulinic acid delta at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $178.80 $12.00 – $238.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $192.60 $5.94 – $288.90
UPMC East Monroeville $173.40 $12.00 – $231.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $193.20 $12.00 – $31.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $108.60 $13.20 – $17.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $121.20 $12.00 – $30.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $121.20 $13.20 – $32.37
UPMC Kane Kane $221.40 $13.20 – $71.00

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