Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at UPMC Cole

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

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

$487.80

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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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$813.00

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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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$225.36 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,747.54 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $225.36 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $227.64 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $227.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $229.92 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $233.33 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $233.33 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $235.77 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $239.02 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $245.85 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $245.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $247.97 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $325.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $447.15 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $447.15 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $569.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $609.75 ↑ +25%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $621.62 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $650.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $650.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $650.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $650.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $650.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $666.66 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +114%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.62 ↑ +371%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,719.87 ↑ +868%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,719.87 ↑ +868%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $5,747.54 ↑ +1078%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $5,747.54 ↑ +1078%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Esoph egd dilation <30 mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,695.20 $621.62 – $3,593.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,419.60 $621.62 – $6,629.40
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $666.36 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,098.40 $666.36 – $2,630.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,132.40 $606.94 – $1,953.23
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,496.20 $606.94 – $1,953.23
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,496.20 $606.94 – $2,441.54
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,427.40 $666.36 – $1,989.40

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