Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at UPMC Cole

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

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

$742.20

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.

$1,237.00

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.

$56.83 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,120.45 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.

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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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $56.83 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $57.40 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $57.40 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare $57.97 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $58.84 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $58.84 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.45 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $60.27 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $61.99 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.99 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $62.52 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $80.49 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $82.00 ↓ -89%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $84.04 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid $106.55 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $115.60 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $130.64 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $143.50 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Commercial $153.75 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $162.34 ↓ -78%
InterGroup PPO $164.00 ↓ -78%
Humana Commercial $164.00 ↓ -78%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $164.00 ↓ -78%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $164.00 ↓ -78%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $164.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $168.10 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare $346.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $518.73 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $742.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $920.15 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $920.15 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,120.45 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,120.45 ↑ +51%

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Chemo adm cns w/lmbr punct at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $893.40 $76.66 – $1,191.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,903.40 $97.36 – $4,113.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,903.40 $97.36 – $4,113.15
UPMC East Monroeville $1,135.80 $84.33 – $1,514.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,119.00 $84.33 – $332.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,903.40 $97.36 – $506.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,903.40 $97.36 – $509.71
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $762.60 $84.33 – $341.53

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