Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate at UPMC Cole

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

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

$724.80

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.

$1,208.00

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.

$334.86 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,017.57 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 $334.86 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $338.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $338.24 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $341.62 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $346.70 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $346.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $350.32 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $355.15 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $365.30 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $365.30 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $368.44 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $483.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $569.35 ↓ -21%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $664.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $664.40 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $845.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $906.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $966.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $966.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $966.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $966.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $966.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $990.56 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,656.83 ↑ +129%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,656.83 ↑ +129%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,017.57 ↑ +178%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,017.57 ↑ +178%

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Ercp ea duct/ampulla dilate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,517.80 $298.95 – $4,690.40
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $301.80 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,961.40 $298.95 – $5,275.45
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,650.80 $304.23 – $4,896.67
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,176.60 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,339.60 $301.80 – $3,989.88
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,282.20 $298.95 – $3,989.88
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,500.80 $301.80 – $3,989.88

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