Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at UPMC Cole

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

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

$732.60

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.

$1,221.00

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.

$78.88 with Aetna vs $1,001.22 with Aetna — 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 $78.88 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid $104.41 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $113.28 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $128.02 ↓ -83%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $186.69 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $199.75 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $227.02 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $338.46 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $341.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $341.88 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $341.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $345.30 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $350.43 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $350.43 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $354.09 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $358.97 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $369.23 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $369.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $372.40 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $488.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $608.71 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $608.71 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $741.21 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $741.21 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $854.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $854.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $915.75 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $976.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $976.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $976.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $976.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $976.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,001.22 ↑ +37%

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Ecg < 30 days transmission & analysis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,844.00 $75.12 – $3,792.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,823.60 $31.57 – $4,235.40
UPMC East Monroeville $2,124.60 $82.63 – $2,832.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,615.80 $82.63 – $393.36
UPMC Northwest Seneca $855.60 $79.36 – $203.30
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $892.20 $78.35 – $203.30
UPMC Jameson New Castle $892.20 $82.63 – $400.30
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,946.00 $81.90 – $397.10

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