Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative at UPMC Cole

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

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

$75.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$5.88 with Aetna vs $100.00 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $5.88 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $7.78 ↓ -90%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $8.01 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $8.44 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $9.54 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.18 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $18.48 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $33.88 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $34.65 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $35.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $35.00 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $35.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $35.35 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $35.88 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $35.88 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $36.25 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $36.75 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $37.80 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $38.12 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $50.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $57.10 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $57.10 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $69.54 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $69.54 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $87.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $93.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $100.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $100.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $100.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $100.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $100.00 ↑ +33%

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Carboxyhemoglobin quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $34.80 $5.60 – $46.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $4.45 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $63.00 $5.60 – $89.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $63.00 $5.60 – $89.25
UPMC East Monroeville $71.40 $5.60 – $95.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $64.80 $5.60 – $13.31
UPMC Northwest Seneca $72.00 $6.16 – $12.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $63.00 $5.60 – $19.71

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