Blink reflex test at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$88.20
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.
$147.00
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.
$19.68 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $261.16 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 | $19.68 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $19.88 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $19.88 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $19.88 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare | $20.08 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $20.38 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $20.38 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $20.59 | ↓ -77% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $20.87 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $21.47 | ↓ -76% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $21.47 | ↓ -76% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $21.66 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $22.57 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $28.40 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $29.88 | ↓ -66% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $32.42 | ↓ -63% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $36.64 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $49.70 | ↓ -44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $49.70 | ↓ -44% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $53.25 | ↓ -40% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $56.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Humana | Commercial | $56.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $56.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $56.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $56.80 | ↓ -36% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $58.22 | ↓ -34% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $82.92 | ↓ -6% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $160.50 | ↑ +82% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $162.72 | ↑ +84% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $214.47 | ↑ +143% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $214.47 | ↑ +143% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $261.16 | ↑ +196% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $261.16 | ↑ +196% |
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Blink reflex test at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $247.20 | $12.50 – $329.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $159.60 | $23.65 – $164.99 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $325.20 | $23.65 – $177.84 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $310.20 | $23.65 – $178.25 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $378.00 | $15.00 – $207.27 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $192.80 | $15.63 – $273.17 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $189.60 | $15.63 – $100.40 |