Debride skin bone at fx site at UPMC Cole

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

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

$883.20

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.

$1,472.00

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.

$408.04 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,710.04 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $408.04 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $412.16 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $412.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $416.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $422.46 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $422.46 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $426.88 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $432.77 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $445.13 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $445.13 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $448.96 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $588.80 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $809.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $809.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,030.40 ↑ +17%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +18%
Geisinger Commercial $1,104.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,207.04 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,275.23 ↑ +44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,871.60 ↑ +225%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,871.60 ↑ +225%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,496.83 ↑ +296%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,496.83 ↑ +296%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $5,710.04 ↑ +547%

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Debride skin bone at fx site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,515.40 $802.68 – $4,980.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,515.40 $1,016.56 – $5,710.04
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,701.60 $785.10 – $3,968.58
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,515.40 $1,016.56 – $5,710.04
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,515.40 $1,016.56 – $5,710.04
UPMC Memorial York $3,515.40 $639.89 – $5,710.04
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,785.40 $596.00 – $3,001.48
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,416.20 $792.58 – $3,001.48

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