Brace wrist classic lft sm at UPMC Cole

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

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

$283.80

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.

$473.00

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.

$89.87 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $506.98 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.

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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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $89.87 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.83 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $131.12 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $132.44 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.44 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $132.44 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $133.76 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $135.75 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $135.75 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $139.06 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $143.04 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $143.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $144.26 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $156.09 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $170.28 ↓ -40%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $260.15 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $260.15 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $293.26 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $296.97 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $331.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $354.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $378.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $378.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $378.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $378.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $378.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $387.86 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $416.34 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $416.34 ↑ +47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $506.98 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $506.98 ↑ +79%

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Brace wrist classic lft sm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $132.60 $41.99 – $296.97
UPMC Bedford Everett $223.20 $70.68 – $334.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $75.00 $17.12 – $119.12
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $75.00 $25.00 – $419.75
UPMC East Monroeville $51.00 $9.12 – $296.97
UPMC Hamot Erie $167.40 $79.74 – $113.83
UPMC Northwest Seneca $522.60 $113.83 – $359.36
UPMC Hanover Hanover $75.00 $64.92 – $296.97

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