Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at UPMC Cole

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

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

$363.00

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.

$605.00

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.

$102.90 with Aetna vs $2,298.30 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $102.90 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid $136.21 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $147.78 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $167.01 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $167.71 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $169.40 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $169.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $171.09 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $173.63 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $173.63 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $175.45 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $177.87 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $182.95 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $182.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $184.53 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $242.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $423.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $436.50 ↑ +20%
Geisinger Commercial $453.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $484.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $484.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $484.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $484.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $484.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $496.10 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +187%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,690.70 ↑ +366%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,690.70 ↑ +366%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,058.81 ↑ +467%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,058.81 ↑ +467%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,298.30 ↑ +533%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Bx bone trocar/ndl deep at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,697.40 $98.00 – $2,263.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,458.80 $124.46 – $3,483.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,458.80 $132.30 – $3,483.30
UPMC East Monroeville $1,753.20 $107.80 – $2,337.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,099.00 $107.80 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,553.60 $107.80 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,458.80 $124.46 – $2,476.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,371.20 $107.80 – $2,085.34

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