Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$75.00

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.

$125.00

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.

$16.35 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — 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 $16.35 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare $16.52 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.52 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $16.52 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare $16.69 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $16.93 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $16.93 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.11 ↓ -77%
Cigna Medicare $17.35 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $17.84 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $18.00 ↓ -76%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.00 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.60 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid $27.80 ↓ -63%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $30.16 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.30 ↓ -45%
Geisinger Commercial $44.25 ↓ -41%
InterGroup PPO $47.20 ↓ -37%
Humana Commercial $47.20 ↓ -37%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $47.20 ↓ -37%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $47.20 ↓ -37%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $47.20 ↓ -37%
Aetna Commercial $48.38 ↓ -35%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $81.84 ↑ +9%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $294.56 ↑ +293%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $294.56 ↑ +293%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $358.69 ↑ +378%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $358.69 ↑ +378%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $417.76 ↑ +457%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +3001%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Destroy premlg lesns;1st lesn 17000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $52.20 $20.00 – $130.12
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Kane Kane $249.60 $22.00 – $280.02
UPMC Lititz Lititz $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $615.00 $22.00 – $204.60
UPMC Memorial York $520.80 $25.40 – $1,209.13

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