Application of paste boot 29580 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$307.80
Cash price 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.
$513.00
Gross charge 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.
$46.29 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $417.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $46.29 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $46.76 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $46.76 | ↓ -85% |
| Humana | Medicare | $47.23 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $47.93 | ↓ -84% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $47.93 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $48.43 | ↓ -84% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $49.10 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $50.50 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $50.50 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $50.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $66.80 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $88.00 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $91.85 | ↓ -70% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $91.85 | ↓ -70% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $98.03 | ↓ -68% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $116.90 | ↓ -62% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $125.25 | ↓ -59% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $133.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Humana | Commercial | $133.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $133.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $133.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $133.60 | ↓ -57% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $136.94 | ↓ -56% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $143.64 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $276.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $276.67 | ↓ -10% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $336.91 | ↑ +9% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $336.91 | ↑ +9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $417.65 | ↑ +36% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Application of paste boot 29580 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $316.20 | $88.00 – $421.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $897.00 | $54.28 – $1,345.50 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $496.20 | $83.02 – $702.95 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $496.20 | $94.72 – $702.95 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $725.40 | $99.42 – $967.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $754.20 | $99.42 – $218.80 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $336.00 | $90.51 – $337.70 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $496.20 | $94.72 – $417.65 |