Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$171.60
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.
$286.00
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.
$29.40 with Aetna vs $1,714.16 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.
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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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $29.40 | ↓ -83% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $38.92 | ↓ -77% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $42.22 | ↓ -75% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $47.72 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $79.28 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $80.08 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $80.08 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $80.88 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $82.08 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $82.08 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $82.94 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $84.08 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $86.49 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $86.49 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $87.23 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $114.40 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $157.76 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $200.20 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $214.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $228.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $228.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $228.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $228.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $228.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $234.52 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $597.37 | ↑ +248% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $597.37 | ↑ +248% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $727.44 | ↑ +324% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $727.44 | ↑ +324% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $771.51 | ↑ +350% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,714.16 | ↑ +899% |
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Change cystostomy tube; complex 51710 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,378.00 | $28.00 – $4,504.00 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $2,854.80 | $30.80 – $3,806.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,037.80 | $30.80 – $925.53 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,396.00 | $30.80 – $668.17 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $2,706.00 | $30.80 – $1,060.34 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,152.60 | $30.80 – $567.90 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $2,236.80 | $30.80 – $687.26 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $2,685.00 | $30.80 – $699.99 |