Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$165.60
Cash price 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.
$276.00
Gross charge 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.
$24.63 with BCBS of Western NY vs $266.85 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $24.63 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $70.67 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $76.51 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $77.28 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $77.28 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $77.28 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $78.05 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $79.21 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $79.21 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $79.30 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $80.04 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $81.14 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $83.46 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $83.46 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $84.18 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $110.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $151.80 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $151.80 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $193.20 | ↑ +17% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $193.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $207.00 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $219.14 | ↑ +32% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $219.14 | ↑ +32% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $220.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $220.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $220.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $220.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $220.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $226.32 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $266.85 | ↑ +61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $266.85 | ↑ +61% |
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Car seat/bed test 60 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $87.00 | $19.86 – $123.25 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $87.00 | $27.14 – $123.25 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $87.00 | $27.14 – $79.30 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $87.00 | $27.14 – $79.30 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $87.00 | $27.14 – $79.30 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $87.00 | $23.83 – $70.67 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $43.00 | $17.24 – $75.19 |