Braf gene at UPMC Cole

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

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

$737.40

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.

$1,229.00

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.

$53.00 with United Healthcare vs $989.98 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $150.34 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $173.35 ↓ -76%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $175.40 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Medicaid $199.01 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $215.92 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $244.01 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $263.10 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $340.68 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $344.12 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $344.12 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $344.12 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $347.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $352.72 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $352.72 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $356.41 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $361.33 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $371.65 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $371.65 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $374.85 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $491.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $542.02 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $813.00 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $813.00 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $860.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $921.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $983.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $983.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $983.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $983.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $983.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $989.98 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $989.98 ↑ +34%

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Braf gene at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $333.00 $143.18 – $318.41
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,392.00 $63.28 – $554.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,013.40 $143.18 – $1,435.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,013.40 $143.18 – $1,435.65
UPMC East Monroeville $1,392.00 $143.18 – $492.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,592.40 $143.18 – $318.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,392.00 $150.49 – $189.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,013.40 $143.18 – $280.64

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