Application of long arm cast 29065 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$125.40

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.

$209.00

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.

$26.06 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $635.82 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $26.06 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.32 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.32 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $26.32 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $26.58 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $26.98 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $26.98 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $27.26 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $27.64 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $28.43 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $28.67 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $44.62 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Medicaid $59.07 ↓ -53%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $64.09 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $65.80 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Commercial $70.50 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $72.43 ↓ -42%
InterGroup PPO $75.20 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial $75.20 ↓ -40%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $75.20 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $75.20 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $75.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial $77.08 ↓ -39%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $98.03 ↓ -22%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $254.65 ↑ +103%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $427.35 ↑ +241%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $427.35 ↑ +241%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $520.40 ↑ +315%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $520.40 ↑ +315%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $635.82 ↑ +407%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Application of long arm cast 29065 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,371.00 $44.62 – $2,056.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $440.40 $53.98 – $1,016.56
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $440.40 $53.98 – $1,016.56
UPMC Hamot Erie $856.20 $46.75 – $368.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,343.40 $46.75 – $269.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $440.40 $53.98 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $899.40 $46.75 – $397.78
UPMC Lititz Lititz $440.40 $53.98 – $1,016.56

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