Chemotherapy injection 96542 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$490.20
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.
$817.00
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.
$39.30 with Aetna vs $872.60 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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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $39.30 | ↓ -92% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $43.76 | ↓ -91% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $52.02 | ↓ -89% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $56.44 | ↓ -88% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $63.79 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $223.04 | ↓ -55% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $226.47 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $228.76 | ↓ -53% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $228.76 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $228.76 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $231.05 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $234.48 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $234.48 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $236.93 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $240.20 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $247.06 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $247.06 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $249.19 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $276.19 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $326.80 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $490.20 | ↑ +0% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $571.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $612.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $653.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $653.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $653.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $653.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $653.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $669.94 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $716.61 | ↑ +46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $716.61 | ↑ +46% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $872.60 | ↑ +78% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $872.60 | ↑ +78% |
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Chemotherapy injection 96542 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $978.00 | $37.43 – $1,304.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $288.00 | $47.54 – $507.68 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $288.00 | $47.54 – $408.00 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $288.00 | $47.54 – $506.98 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $288.00 | $47.54 – $509.71 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $433.80 | $41.17 – $341.53 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $288.00 | $47.54 – $508.90 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $288.00 | $41.17 – $316.23 |