Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$379.20

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$632.00

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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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$129.68 with Aetna vs $2,299.02 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $129.68 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Medicaid $171.65 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $175.19 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.96 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $176.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $178.73 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $181.38 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $181.38 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $183.28 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $185.81 ↓ -51%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $186.24 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $191.12 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $191.12 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $192.76 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $210.47 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $252.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $442.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $474.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $505.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $505.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $505.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $505.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $505.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $518.24 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $549.17 ↑ +45%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +175%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,654.65 ↑ +336%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,654.65 ↑ +336%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,014.92 ↑ +431%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,014.92 ↑ +431%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,299.02 ↑ +506%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Cystourethroscopy w/biopsy(s) 52204 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Northwest Seneca $4,869.60 $135.85 – $2,050.66
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $2,459.50 $135.85 – $4,208.25
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $123.50 – $2,109.25
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $129.68 – $2,109.25
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $156.84 – $3,135.44
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $166.72 – $5,805.45
UPMC East Monroeville not published $135.85 – $2,148.31
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $135.85 – $2,840.52

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