CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,926.60

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.

$3,211.00

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.

$161.70 with Aetna vs $2,568.80 with InterGroup — 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 $161.70 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $214.04 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $232.23 ↓ -88%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $241.06 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $262.45 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $461.97 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $775.93 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $829.46 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $829.46 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $890.09 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $899.08 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $899.08 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $899.08 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $908.07 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $921.56 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $921.56 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $931.19 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $944.03 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $971.01 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $971.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $979.36 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,010.04 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,010.04 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,243.93 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,279.00 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,284.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,247.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $2,408.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,568.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,568.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,568.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $2,568.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,568.80 ↑ +33%

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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,464.00 $92.50 – $1,952.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,294.80 $121.17 – $1,834.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,294.80 $121.17 – $1,834.30
UPMC East Monroeville $3,242.40 $169.40 – $4,323.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,052.60 $169.40 – $848.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,533.00 $153.92 – $787.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,294.80 $121.17 – $824.17
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,196.00 $151.95 – $787.54

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