Etonogestrel implant system at UPMC Cole

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

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

$967.20

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.

$1,612.00

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.

$446.85 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,384.68 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 $446.85 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $451.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $451.36 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $451.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $455.87 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $462.64 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $462.64 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $467.48 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $473.93 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $487.47 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $487.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $491.66 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $579.68 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $644.80 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $886.60 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $886.60 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $886.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $952.90 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,128.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $1,209.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,289.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,289.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,289.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,289.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,289.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,321.84 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,384.68 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,384.68 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,384.68 ↑ +43%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,384.68 ↑ +43%

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Etonogestrel implant system at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,906.40 $952.90 – $4,372.68
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $693.60 $141.11 – $1,571.21
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $693.60 $206.00 – $1,845.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,428.00 $1,536.64 – $1,536.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $693.60 $836.01 – $1,571.21
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,852.80 $952.90 – $1,508.92
UPMC Kane Kane $1,177.80 $701.69 – $2,404.97
UPMC Lititz Lititz $693.60 $836.01 – $1,571.21

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