Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$298.20

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.

$497.00

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.

$126.88 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,094.25 with BCBS of Western NY — 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $126.88 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $137.77 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $139.16 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $139.16 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $139.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $140.55 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $142.64 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $142.64 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $144.13 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $146.12 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $150.29 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $150.29 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $151.59 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $198.80 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $273.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $273.35 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $300.94 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $347.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $372.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $389.40 ↑ +31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $389.40 ↑ +31%
InterGroup PPO $397.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $397.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $397.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $397.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $397.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $407.54 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $474.18 ↑ +59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $474.18 ↑ +59%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,094.25 ↑ +602%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Application multi layer compression below knee (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $347.40 $126.88 – $463.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,000.80 $54.28 – $1,501.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $570.60 $33.10 – $808.35
UPMC Hamot Erie $584.40 $126.88 – $218.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $338.40 $27.80 – $395.21
UPMC Hanover Hanover $570.60 $33.10 – $300.94
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $366.60 $126.88 – $282.28
UPMC Jameson New Castle $554.40 $29.06 – $203.08

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