Egd varices ligation at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$822.00
Cash price 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.
$1,370.00
Gross charge 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.
$379.76 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,297.34 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $379.76 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $383.60 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $383.60 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $387.44 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $393.19 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $393.19 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $397.30 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $402.78 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $414.29 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $414.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $417.85 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $548.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $678.33 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $753.50 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $753.50 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $959.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,027.50 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $1,041.88 | ↑ +27% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,073.89 | ↑ +31% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,073.89 | ↑ +31% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $1,096.00 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,096.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,096.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $1,096.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,096.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,123.40 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,307.71 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,307.71 | ↑ +59% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,297.34 | ↑ +179% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Egd varices ligation at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,675.80 | $678.33 – $2,234.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $4,300.80 | $652.52 – $6,451.20 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,055.20 | $720.64 – $4,073.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,098.40 | $720.64 – $2,630.42 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $2,476.20 | $686.56 – $1,953.23 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $2,476.20 | $686.56 – $2,441.54 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $1,341.00 | $678.33 – $1,691.71 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $5,442.60 | $720.64 – $1,989.40 |