Cystourethroscop/calib/dilat stric 52281 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$732.60

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.

$1,221.00

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.

$112.88 with Aetna vs $2,314.70 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $112.88 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $149.41 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $162.11 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $183.20 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $338.46 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $341.88 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $341.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $345.30 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $350.43 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $350.43 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $354.09 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $358.97 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $369.23 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $369.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $372.40 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $414.95 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $488.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $854.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $915.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $976.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $976.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $976.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $976.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $976.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,001.22 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,432.19 ↑ +95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,432.19 ↑ +95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,744.02 ↑ +138%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,744.02 ↑ +138%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,314.70 ↑ +216%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Cystourethroscop/calib/dilat stric 52281 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,175.60 $112.88 – $7,763.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,428.80 $136.53 – $3,440.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,428.80 $136.53 – $2,314.70
UPMC East Monroeville $3,824.40 $118.25 – $5,099.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,234.20 $118.25 – $2,840.52
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,428.80 $136.53 – $3,131.10
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,521.40 $118.25 – $2,636.56
UPMC Kane Kane $1,752.00 $118.25 – $1,361.53

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