Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$105.60

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$176.00

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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$22.18 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $22.18 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.40 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.40 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $22.40 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $22.62 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $22.96 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $22.96 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.20 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $23.52 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $24.19 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $24.19 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $24.40 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.00 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.00 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Commercial $60.00 ↓ -43%
InterGroup PPO $64.00 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial $64.00 ↓ -39%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $64.00 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $64.00 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $64.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $65.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $72.45 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Medicaid $95.90 ↓ -9%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $104.05 ↓ -1%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $117.59 ↑ +11%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $253.55 ↑ +140%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $568.91 ↑ +439%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $568.91 ↑ +439%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $635.88 ↑ +502%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $692.78 ↑ +556%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $692.78 ↑ +556%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +2103%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $385.20 $69.00 – $513.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $956.40 $87.63 – $1,354.90
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $75.90 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $856.20 $75.90 – $321.79
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,199.40 $75.90 – $256.84
UPMC Hanover Hanover $956.40 $87.63 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $749.40 $75.90 – $347.32

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