Exc arm/elbo les sc >=3cm 24071 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$742.20

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.

$1,237.00

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.

$342.90 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,806.99 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 $342.90 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $346.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $346.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $349.82 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $355.02 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $355.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $358.73 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $363.68 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $374.07 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $374.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $377.29 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $494.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $594.81 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $680.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $680.35 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $865.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $927.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $989.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $989.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $989.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $989.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $989.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,014.34 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,804.60 ↑ +143%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,804.60 ↑ +143%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,197.52 ↑ +196%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,197.52 ↑ +196%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,806.99 ↑ +413%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc arm/elbo les sc >=3cm 24071 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,078.80 $594.81 – $3,001.48
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,338.50 $205.80 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $594.81 – $2,946.91
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $622.48 – $7,348.95
UPMC East Monroeville not published $594.81 – $3,001.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $622.48 – $4,374.59
UPMC Lititz Lititz not published $622.48 – $4,398.21
UPMC Memorial York not published $581.82 – $4,391.07

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