Destruction 2-14 lesions 17003 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$30.60

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.

$51.00

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.

$4.46 with Aetna 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $4.46 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $5.91 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $6.41 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $7.24 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $7.76 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $7.84 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $7.84 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $7.84 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $7.92 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $8.04 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $8.04 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.12 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $8.23 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.47 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $8.47 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $8.54 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.20 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.60 ↓ -36%
Geisinger Commercial $21.00 ↓ -31%
InterGroup PPO $22.40 ↓ -27%
Humana Commercial $22.40 ↓ -27%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $22.40 ↓ -27%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $22.40 ↓ -27%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $22.40 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.58 ↓ -26%
Aetna Commercial $22.96 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $27.60 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $27.60 ↓ -10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $33.60 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $33.60 ↑ +10%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $134.18 ↑ +338%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +7501%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Destruction 2-14 lesions 17003 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $26.40 $4.25 – $35.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.60 $5.40 – $102.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $72.60 $5.40 – $134.18
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.60 $5.40 – $23.63
UPMC Kane Kane $46.80 $4.67 – $27.67
UPMC Lititz Lititz $72.60 $1.79 – $23.63
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $85.80 $1.97 – $22.58
UPMC Memorial York $72.60 $1.79 – $23.63

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