Biopsy of rectum wall anal approach 45100 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$339.60

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.

$566.00

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.

$68.19 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,731.07 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 $68.19 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $68.88 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare $68.88 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $68.88 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare $69.57 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $70.60 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $70.60 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $71.34 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $72.32 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $74.39 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $74.39 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $75.03 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $98.40 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $158.03 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $172.20 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Commercial $184.50 ↓ -46%
InterGroup PPO $196.80 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial $196.80 ↓ -42%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $196.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $196.80 ↓ -42%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $196.80 ↓ -42%
Aetna Commercial $201.72 ↓ -41%
Geisinger Medicaid $209.18 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $226.95 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $256.48 ↓ -24%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $600.87 ↑ +77%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +127%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,341.93 ↑ +295%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,341.93 ↑ +295%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,634.11 ↑ +381%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,634.11 ↑ +381%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.07 ↑ +410%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Biopsy of rectum wall anal approach 45100 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,190.50 $165.55 – $5,587.82
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $150.50 – $2,823.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $203.18 – $7,348.95
UPMC East Monroeville not published $165.55 – $2,875.99
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $165.55 – $3,802.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $165.55 – $2,875.99
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $165.55 – $2,875.99

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