Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at UPMC Cole

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

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

$450.00

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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.

$750.00

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.

$142.50 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $2,186.07 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $142.50 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $207.90 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $210.00 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $210.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $210.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $212.10 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $215.25 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $215.25 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $220.50 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $226.80 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $226.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $228.75 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $247.50 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Medicaid $247.50 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $270.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $412.50 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $465.00 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $525.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $562.50 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $600.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $600.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $600.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $600.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $600.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $615.00 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,186.07 ↑ +386%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage not published by hospital

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,029.80 $148.96 – $2,186.07
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,371.80 $251.94 – $2,186.07
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,597.20 $262.40 – $2,186.07
UPMC East Monroeville $3,170.40 $213.56 – $2,186.07
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,746.20 $369.46 – $369.46
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,380.80 $958.88 – $2,645.34
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,491.20 $941.59 – $2,186.07
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,778.40 $375.97 – $2,186.07

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