Chest apical lordotic proj at UPMC Cole

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

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

$154.20

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.

$257.00

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.

$31.72 with Aetna vs $227.64 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.72 ↓ -79%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $39.74 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid $41.99 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $45.56 ↓ -70%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.25 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $51.48 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $71.24 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $71.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $71.96 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $71.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $72.68 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $73.76 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $73.76 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.53 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $75.56 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $77.72 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $77.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $78.39 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $86.44 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $157.94 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $157.94 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $179.90 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $179.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $192.33 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $192.33 ↑ +25%
Geisinger Commercial $192.75 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $205.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $205.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $205.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $205.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $205.60 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $227.64 ↑ +48%

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Chest apical lordotic proj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $171.00 $14.98 – $228.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $30.29 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $24.76 – $266.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $24.76 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $15.12 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $621.60 $14.98 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $218.40 $33.23 – $88.15
UPMC Hanover Hanover $188.40 $24.76 – $134.58

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