Bx breast add lesion strtctc at UPMC Cole

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

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

$337.80

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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.

$563.00

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.

$73.90 with Aetna vs $1,969.55 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $73.90 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid $97.82 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $106.13 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $119.94 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $156.06 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $157.64 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $157.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $159.22 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $161.58 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $161.58 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $163.27 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $165.52 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $170.25 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $170.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $171.72 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $225.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $394.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $422.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $450.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $450.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $450.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $450.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $450.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $461.66 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $721.00 ↑ +113%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $778.90 ↑ +131%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +208%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,617.43 ↑ +379%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,617.43 ↑ +379%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,969.55 ↑ +483%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,969.55 ↑ +483%

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Bx breast add lesion strtctc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,923.20 $70.38 – $3,897.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,135.20 $89.38 – $9,539.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,135.20 $92.20 – $1,608.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,023.60 $77.42 – $721.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $5,112.00 $77.42 – $982.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,135.20 $89.38 – $754.53
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $4,273.80 $73.90 – $736.51
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,612.00 $72.00 – $721.00

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