Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at UPMC Cole

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

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$63.00

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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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$105.00

Gross charge

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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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$29.11 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $113.83 with UPMC Work Partners — 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

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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.11 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.40 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $29.69 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $30.14 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $30.14 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.45 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $30.87 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $31.75 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $31.75 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $32.02 ↓ -49%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $35.27 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $49.06 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $57.75 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $57.75 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
Aetna Commercial $78.45 ↑ +25%
Geisinger Commercial $78.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $84.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $84.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $84.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $84.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $84.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $90.80 ↑ +44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $90.80 ↑ +44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $110.57 ↑ +76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $110.57 ↑ +76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.83 ↑ +81%

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $20.19 – $206.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $56.40 $13.68 – $176.44
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $49.06 – $477.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $337.20 $49.06 – $477.70
UPMC East Monroeville $147.00 $13.49 – $196.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $148.20 $20.19 – $213.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $51.00 $13.62 – $176.44
UPMC Hanover Hanover $337.20 $49.06 – $261.92

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