Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$182.40

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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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$304.00

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.

$37.14 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,130.46 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $37.14 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $37.52 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.52 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $37.52 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $37.90 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $38.46 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $38.46 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.86 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $39.40 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $40.52 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.52 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $40.87 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $53.60 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $66.49 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Medicaid $88.01 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $93.80 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $95.49 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Commercial $100.50 ↓ -45%
InterGroup PPO $107.20 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial $107.20 ↓ -41%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $107.20 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $107.20 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $107.20 ↓ -41%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $107.91 ↓ -41%
Aetna Commercial $109.88 ↓ -40%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $213.06 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $765.08 ↑ +319%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $765.08 ↑ +319%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +323%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $931.66 ↑ +411%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $931.66 ↑ +411%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,130.46 ↑ +1068%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Biopsy(ies) & aspiration(s) bone marrow diagnostic (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,712.40 $63.32 – $2,283.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,644.60 $80.42 – $6,579.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,644.60 $85.48 – $6,579.85
UPMC East Monroeville $1,745.40 $69.65 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,745.40 $69.65 – $3,968.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,176.60 $69.65 – $2,865.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,644.60 $80.42 – $4,374.59
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,745.40 $69.65 – $2,946.91

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