Ant instrumentation/4-7 vert seg 22846 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,027.20

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.

$1,712.00

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.

$205.41 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $4,071.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $205.41 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $207.48 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $207.48 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $207.48 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $209.55 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $212.67 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $212.67 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $214.89 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $217.85 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $224.08 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $224.08 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $226.00 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $296.40 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $407.55 ↓ -60%
Geisinger Medicaid $407.55 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $518.70 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Commercial $555.75 ↓ -46%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $592.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $592.80 ↓ -42%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $592.80 ↓ -42%
InterGroup PPO $592.80 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial $592.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial $607.62 ↓ -41%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,630.57 ↑ +59%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +126%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3,343.89 ↑ +226%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3,343.89 ↑ +226%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,071.96 ↑ +296%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,071.96 ↑ +296%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Ant instrumentation/4-7 vert seg 22846 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $932.79 – $23,763.60
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $1,444.90 – $1,769.11
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh not published $1,458.66 – $2,057.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $854.46 – $2,155.12

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