Emg needle test 1-extremity at UPMC Cole

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

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

$122.40

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.

$204.00

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.

$25.78 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $317.12 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $25.78 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $26.04 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $26.04 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $26.04 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $26.30 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $26.69 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $26.69 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.97 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $27.34 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $28.12 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.12 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $28.36 ↓ -77%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $31.50 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.20 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid $41.70 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $45.24 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $51.13 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $65.10 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $65.10 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Commercial $69.75 ↓ -43%
InterGroup PPO $74.40 ↓ -39%
Humana Commercial $74.40 ↓ -39%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $74.40 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $74.40 ↓ -39%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $74.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Commercial $76.26 ↓ -38%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $118.31 ↓ -3%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $180.82 ↑ +48%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $195.80 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $260.43 ↑ +113%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $260.43 ↑ +113%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $317.12 ↑ +159%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $317.12 ↑ +159%

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Emg needle test 1-extremity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $222.60 $22.93 – $315.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $222.60 $22.93 – $315.35
UPMC Hamot Erie $249.60 $33.00 – $199.07
UPMC Hanover Hanover $222.60 $22.93 – $204.82
UPMC Lititz Lititz $222.60 $22.93 – $204.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $178.20 $33.00 – $199.07
UPMC Memorial York $222.60 $22.93 – $204.82
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $568.20 $33.00 – $200.79

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