Endoscopic pancreatoscopy at UPMC Cole

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

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

$225.00

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.

$375.00

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.

$103.95 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,224.99 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $103.95 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $105.00 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $105.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $106.05 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $107.62 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $107.62 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $108.75 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $110.25 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $113.40 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $113.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $114.38 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $150.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $192.68 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $206.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $206.25 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $262.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $281.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $300.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $300.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $300.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $300.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $300.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $307.50 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $520.15 ↑ +131%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $520.15 ↑ +131%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $633.40 ↑ +182%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $633.40 ↑ +182%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +243%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,224.99 ↑ +889%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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Endoscopic pancreatoscopy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,350.40 $192.68 – $4,467.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,102.20 $210.04 – $1,397.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,265.40 $192.68 – $1,005.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,116.20 $90.84 – $846.49
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $7,896.80 $96.90 – $192.68
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $6,529.80 $96.90 – $212.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $99.17 – $5,805.45
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $192.68 – $2,762.41

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