Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at UPMC Cole

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

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

$67.20

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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.

$112.00

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.

$29.71 with Aetna vs $167.94 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 $29.71 ↓ -56%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $30.34 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $31.05 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $31.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $31.36 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $31.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $31.67 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $32.14 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $32.14 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $32.48 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $32.93 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $33.87 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $33.87 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $34.16 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $39.33 ↓ -41%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $42.68 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.80 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $48.23 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $75.21 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $75.21 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $78.40 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $78.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $84.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $89.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $89.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $89.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $89.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $89.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $91.58 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $91.58 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial $91.84 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $129.33 ↑ +92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $167.94 ↑ +150%

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Echocardiograpy doppler follow up/limited study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $307.80 $20.55 – $410.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $303.60 $9.00 – $321.23
UPMC Hamot Erie $486.00 $31.13 – $184.95
UPMC Northwest Seneca $324.00 $31.13 – $169.14
UPMC Hanover Hanover $184.80 $26.92 – $1,907.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $280.20 $29.71 – $169.14
UPMC Jameson New Castle $280.20 $23.50 – $169.14
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $156.60 $25.85 – $184.95

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