Critical care each additional 30 minutes at UPMC Cole

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

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

$363.60

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.

$606.00

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.

$78.12 with Aetna vs $598.07 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $78.12 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $99.51 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $100.52 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $100.52 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare $101.53 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $103.03 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $103.03 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid $103.41 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $104.11 ↓ -71%
Cigna Medicare $105.55 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $108.56 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $108.56 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $109.50 ↓ -70%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $112.20 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $126.79 ↓ -65%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $128.82 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $143.60 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $168.81 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $169.68 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $212.41 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $251.30 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Commercial $269.25 ↓ -26%
InterGroup PPO $287.20 ↓ -21%
Humana Commercial $287.20 ↓ -21%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $287.20 ↓ -21%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $287.20 ↓ -21%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $287.20 ↓ -21%
Aetna Commercial $294.38 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $491.17 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $491.17 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $598.07 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $598.07 ↑ +64%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Critical care each additional 30 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,228.80 $71.66 – $1,638.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $319.20 $78.12 – $478.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,152.00 $94.49 – $2,050.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,152.00 $94.49 – $1,632.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $615.00 $71.66 – $192.06
UPMC Northwest Seneca $478.80 $81.84 – $185.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,152.00 $94.49 – $180.13
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $552.60 $78.12 – $222.87

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