C-peptide at UPMC Cole

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

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

$142.20

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.

$237.00

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.

$13.53 with BCBS of Western NY vs $189.60 with InterGroup — 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $13.53 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.57 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $30.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $31.21 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid $39.96 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $43.35 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $49.00 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.70 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $66.36 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $66.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $67.02 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $68.02 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $68.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $68.73 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $69.68 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $71.67 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $71.67 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $72.28 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $96.46 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $96.46 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $108.08 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $117.45 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $117.45 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $165.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $177.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $189.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $189.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $189.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $189.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $189.60 ↑ +33%

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C-peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $197.40 $20.57 – $263.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $7.51 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $105.00 $16.87 – $148.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $120.00 $20.60 – $148.75
UPMC East Monroeville $308.40 $20.57 – $411.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $315.00 $20.57 – $40.21
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.60 $18.87 – $33.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $105.00 $16.87 – $39.16

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