Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at UPMC Cole

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

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

$13.80

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.

$23.00

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.

$1.00 with Geisinger vs $4.10 with Aetna — 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
Geisinger Medicaid $1.00 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $1.00 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $1.00 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.00 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.00 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.11 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1.39 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare $1.40 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1.40 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1.40 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $1.41 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare $1.47 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1.51 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $1.51 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $1.52 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.67 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1.80 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3.50 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Commercial $3.75 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $3.88 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $3.88 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3.88 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3.88 ↓ -72%
InterGroup PPO $4.00 ↓ -71%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $4.00 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $4.00 ↓ -71%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $4.00 ↓ -71%
Humana Commercial $4.00 ↓ -71%
Aetna Commercial $4.10 ↓ -70%

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Cyanocobalamin (vit b-12) 1,000 mcg/ml injection solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4.80 $0.63 – $4.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $6.60 $0.63 – $7.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3.60 $0.14 – $2.03
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3.60 $0.20 – $3.10
UPMC East Monroeville $11.00 $0.63 – $10.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $101.60 $0.63 – $3.93
UPMC Northwest Seneca $7.40 $0.63 – $4.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3.60 $1.00 – $2.03

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