Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at UPMC Cole

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

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

$532.20

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.

$887.00

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.

$53.00 with United Healthcare vs $709.60 with Multiplan — 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $230.74 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $230.74 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $245.88 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $248.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $248.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $248.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $250.84 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $254.57 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $254.57 ↓ -52%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $255.57 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $257.23 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $260.78 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $268.23 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $268.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $270.54 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $280.96 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $280.96 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $354.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $394.49 ↓ -26%
Geisinger Medicaid $487.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $487.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $620.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $665.25 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $709.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $709.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $709.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $709.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $709.60 ↑ +33%

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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.20 $92.53 – $373.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $356.40 $94.89 – $534.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $502.20 $114.67 – $711.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $502.20 $167.40 – $711.45
UPMC East Monroeville $247.20 $135.96 – $329.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $312.00 $255.57 – $284.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $340.20 $238.51 – $284.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $502.20 $260.36 – $420.78

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