Benign lesion paring 2-4 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$183.60
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.
$306.00
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 $2,094.25 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.
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 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -95% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $10.08 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare | $10.18 | ↓ -94% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $10.33 | ↓ -94% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $10.33 | ↓ -94% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $10.44 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $10.58 | ↓ -94% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $10.89 | ↓ -94% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $10.89 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $10.98 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $14.40 | ↓ -92% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $25.20 | ↓ -86% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $27.00 | ↓ -85% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $28.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Humana | Commercial | $28.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $28.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $28.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $28.80 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $29.52 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $31.16 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $41.25 | ↓ -78% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $44.76 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $50.58 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $59.32 | ↓ -68% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $359.52 | ↑ +96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $359.52 | ↑ +96% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $420.50 | ↑ +129% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $437.80 | ↑ +138% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $437.80 | ↑ +138% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $2,094.25 | ↑ +1041% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Benign lesion paring 2-4 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $547.20 | $29.68 – $729.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $552.60 | $31.16 – $828.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $364.20 | $37.69 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $364.20 | $37.69 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $526.20 | $32.65 – $275.52 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $576.60 | $32.65 – $229.01 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $364.20 | $37.69 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $271.20 | $32.65 – $204.60 |