Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$215.40

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.

$359.00

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.

$14.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,368.75 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 $14.14 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $14.28 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.28 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $14.28 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $14.42 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $14.64 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $14.64 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.79 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $14.99 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.42 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $15.42 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $15.55 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.40 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.70 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Commercial $38.25 ↓ -82%
InterGroup PPO $40.80 ↓ -81%
Humana Commercial $40.80 ↓ -81%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $40.80 ↓ -81%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $40.80 ↓ -81%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $40.80 ↓ -81%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $40.81 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $41.82 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid $54.03 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $58.62 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.24 ↓ -69%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $98.03 ↓ -54%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $103.78 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $282.39 ↑ +31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $282.39 ↑ +31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $343.87 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $343.87 ↑ +60%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,368.75 ↑ +535%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $640.80 $40.81 – $961.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $401.40 $49.36 – $1,368.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $449.40 $42.76 – $303.94
UPMC Kane Kane $238.80 $42.76 – $268.46
UPMC Lititz Lititz $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $474.60 $42.76 – $303.94

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