Cortisol total am at UPMC Cole

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

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

$147.00

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.

$245.00

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.

$10.60 with BCBS of Western NY vs $196.00 with Multiplan — 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $10.60 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.60 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.11 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid $16.68 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $18.10 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $24.45 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.91 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $68.60 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $68.60 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $68.60 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $69.29 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $70.31 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $70.31 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $71.05 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $72.03 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $74.09 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $74.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $74.72 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $75.55 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $75.55 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $92.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $92.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $98.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $98.56 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $171.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $183.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $196.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $196.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $196.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $196.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $196.00 ↑ +33%

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Cortisol total am at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $190.20 $12.00 – $253.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $5.88 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $82.20 $12.00 – $116.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $82.20 $12.00 – $98.56
UPMC East Monroeville $243.00 $12.00 – $324.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $132.00 $12.00 – $31.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $89.40 $13.20 – $17.60
UPMC Hanover Hanover $82.20 $12.00 – $26.08

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