Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$281.40
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.
$469.00
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.
$36.23 with Aetna vs $1,713.54 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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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $36.23 | ↓ -87% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $47.95 | ↓ -83% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $52.03 | ↓ -82% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $58.79 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $130.01 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $131.32 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $131.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $132.63 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $134.60 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $134.60 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $136.01 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $137.89 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $141.83 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $141.83 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $143.04 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $187.60 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $220.85 | ↓ -22% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $328.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $351.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $375.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $375.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $375.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $375.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $375.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $384.58 | ↑ +37% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $771.51 | ↑ +174% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,174.54 | ↑ +317% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,174.54 | ↑ +317% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,430.28 | ↑ +408% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,430.28 | ↑ +408% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,713.54 | ↑ +509% |
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Biopsy/soft tissue/neck or thorax 21550 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,822.80 | $34.50 – $2,430.40 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,767.80 | $37.95 – $3,690.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,141.40 | $37.95 – $2,246.66 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,198.60 | $37.95 – $1,621.93 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,720.20 | $37.95 – $2,085.34 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,345.20 | $37.95 – $1,116.59 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $1,935.00 | $37.95 – $1,668.28 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $2,541.00 | $37.95 – $1,699.17 |