Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at UPMC Cole

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

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

$265.80

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.

$443.00

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.

$40.39 with BCBS of Western NY vs $416.02 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $40.39 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.41 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $67.04 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid $88.75 ↓ -67%
Aetna Commercial $93.21 ↓ -65%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $96.29 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $108.81 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.80 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $124.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $124.04 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $124.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $125.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $127.14 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $127.14 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $128.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $130.24 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $133.96 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $133.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $135.12 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $177.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $288.03 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $288.03 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $310.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $332.25 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $350.72 ↑ +32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $350.72 ↑ +32%
InterGroup PPO $354.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $354.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $354.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $354.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $354.40 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $416.02 ↑ +57%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $399.60 $51.75 – $532.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $327.00 $22.42 – $490.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $159.60 $21.55 – $173.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $212.40 $34.20 – $416.02
UPMC East Monroeville $292.80 $52.24 – $212.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $151.80 $51.75 – $88.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $239.40 $56.35 – $73.43
UPMC Hanover Hanover $159.60 $21.55 – $99.42

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