Cta abdomen without & /or 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

$1,061.40

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.

$1,769.00

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.

$278.45 with BCBS of Western NY vs $1,466.64 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $278.45 ↓ -74%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $312.81 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid $414.07 ↓ -61%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $449.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $490.37 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $495.32 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $495.32 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $495.32 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $500.27 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $507.70 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $507.70 ↓ -52%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $507.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $513.01 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $520.09 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $534.95 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $534.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $539.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $637.76 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $707.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $757.69 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $955.09 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $955.09 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,163.01 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,163.01 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,238.30 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,279.00 ↑ +21%
Geisinger Commercial $1,326.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $1,415.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $1,415.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,415.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,415.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,415.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,466.64 ↑ +38%

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Cta abdomen without & /or w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,804.80 $209.80 – $2,406.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,248.60 $61.23 – $1,872.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,424.40 $168.60 – $2,017.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,424.40 $147.80 – $1,466.64
UPMC East Monroeville $3,282.60 $170.18 – $4,376.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,637.60 $195.88 – $757.69
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,533.00 $153.92 – $757.69
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,424.40 $168.36 – $792.94

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