Colonoscopy thru stoma spx at UPMC Cole

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

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

$472.20

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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.

$787.00

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.

$152.81 with Aetna vs $1,731.52 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 $152.81 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid $202.27 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $218.16 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $219.46 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $220.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $220.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $222.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $225.87 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $225.87 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $228.23 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $231.38 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $237.99 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $237.99 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $240.03 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $248.01 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $314.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $550.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $590.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $629.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $629.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $629.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $629.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $629.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $645.34 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +63%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $821.14 ↑ +74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,388.51 ↑ +194%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,388.51 ↑ +194%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,690.84 ↑ +258%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,690.84 ↑ +258%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.52 ↑ +267%

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Colonoscopy thru stoma spx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,378.00 $145.53 – $4,504.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $3,576.00 $152.81 – $5,364.00
UPMC East Monroeville $2,710.80 $160.08 – $3,614.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,335.80 $160.08 – $1,264.19
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,380.40 $160.08 – $912.67
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,704.20 $160.08 – $1,060.34
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,704.20 $160.08 – $1,173.43
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,047.00 $160.08 – $938.75

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