Bx liver with other at UPMC Cole

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

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

$213.00

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.

$355.00

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.

$97.00 with Aetna vs $771.51 with BCBS of Western NY — 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 $97.00 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $98.41 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $99.40 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $99.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $100.39 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $101.89 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $101.89 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $102.95 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $104.37 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $107.35 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $107.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $108.28 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $128.40 ↓ -40%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $139.31 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $142.00 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $157.43 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $248.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $266.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $284.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $284.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $284.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $284.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $284.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $291.10 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $312.58 ↑ +47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $419.83 ↑ +97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $434.63 ↑ +104%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $434.63 ↑ +104%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $529.25 ↑ +148%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $529.25 ↑ +148%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +262%

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Bx liver with other at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $247.80 $351.05 – $351.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $247.80 $97.71 – $105.52
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,974.83 $90.43 – $225.40
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $101.62 – $360.32
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh not published $101.62 – $360.32

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