Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$52.20
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.
$87.00
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.
$9.98 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,480.35 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 | $9.98 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -81% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -81% |
| Humana | Medicare | $10.18 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $10.33 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $10.33 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $10.44 | ↓ -80% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $10.58 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $10.89 | ↓ -79% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $10.89 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $10.98 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $14.40 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $25.20 | ↓ -52% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $27.00 | ↓ -48% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $28.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Humana | Commercial | $28.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $28.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $28.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $28.80 | ↓ -45% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $29.52 | ↓ -43% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $44.47 | ↓ -15% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $58.86 | ↑ +13% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $63.86 | ↑ +22% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $72.17 | ↑ +38% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $98.03 | ↑ +88% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $105.38 | ↑ +102% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $393.07 | ↑ +653% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $393.07 | ↑ +653% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $478.66 | ↑ +817% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $478.66 | ↑ +817% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,480.35 | ↑ +4652% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection intermediate joint/bursa w/ultrasound guidance (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $340.80 | $42.35 – $454.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $364.20 | $44.47 – $546.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $948.00 | $53.78 – $1,343.00 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $948.00 | $53.78 – $2,480.35 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $660.00 | $46.59 – $880.00 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $294.60 | $46.59 – $960.26 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $336.60 | $46.59 – $693.24 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $948.00 | $53.78 – $1,058.50 |