Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping 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

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.

$176.00

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.

$19.51 with Aetna vs $283.81 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $19.51 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid $25.82 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $28.02 ↓ -73%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $28.25 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.66 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.79 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $49.28 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $49.28 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $49.28 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $49.77 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $50.51 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $50.51 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $51.04 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $51.74 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $53.22 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $53.22 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $53.68 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $70.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $84.99 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $84.99 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $103.49 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $103.49 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Commercial $123.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $123.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $132.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $140.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $140.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $140.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $140.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $140.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $144.32 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $242.77 ↑ +130%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $283.81 ↑ +169%

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Echocardiography doppler color flow mapping at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $544.20 $16.12 – $725.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $383.40 $19.51 – $575.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $418.20 $21.12 – $1,907.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $418.20 $6.20 – $556.23
UPMC East Monroeville $596.40 $20.44 – $795.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $500.40 $20.44 – $242.77
UPMC Hanover Hanover $418.20 $21.12 – $1,907.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $236.40 $19.51 – $242.77

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