Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at UPMC Cole

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

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

$207.00

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.

$345.00

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.

$9.55 with Aetna vs $282.90 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 $9.55 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid $12.65 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.72 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $15.51 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $17.51 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.20 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $50.09 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $50.09 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $61.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $61.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $95.63 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $96.60 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $96.60 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $96.60 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $97.57 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $99.02 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $99.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $100.05 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $101.43 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $104.33 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $104.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $105.22 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $138.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $241.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $241.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $258.75 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $276.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $276.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $276.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $276.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $276.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $282.90 ↑ +37%

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Ecg external > 48 hours up to 7 days recording at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $75.60 $9.10 – $100.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $67.20 $9.55 – $100.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.00 $11.56 – $102.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $72.00 $11.56 – $102.00
UPMC East Monroeville $71.40 $10.01 – $95.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $58.80 $10.01 – $50.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $66.00 $10.01 – $39.29
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.00 $11.56 – $60.00

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