Exc feenl mal+mrg 2.1-3 11643 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$396.60

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.

$661.00

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.

$56.55 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — 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 $56.55 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $57.12 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $57.12 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $57.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $57.69 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $58.55 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $58.55 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.16 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $59.98 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.69 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $61.69 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $62.22 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $81.60 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $142.80 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Commercial $153.00 ↓ -61%
InterGroup PPO $163.20 ↓ -59%
Humana Commercial $163.20 ↓ -59%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $163.20 ↓ -59%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $163.20 ↓ -59%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $163.20 ↓ -59%
Aetna Commercial $167.28 ↓ -58%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $200.72 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $265.69 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $288.27 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $325.77 ↓ -18%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $606.76 ↑ +53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,388.42 ↑ +250%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,388.42 ↑ +250%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,690.73 ↑ +326%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,690.73 ↑ +326%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,316.94 ↑ +484%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +486%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc feenl mal+mrg 2.1-3 11643 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,572.40 $210.28 – $1,668.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,985.00 $210.28 – $1,699.17
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,448.20 $210.28 – $736.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $940.20 $210.28 – $1,652.83
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $191.16 – $1,668.28
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $242.77 – $2,479.92
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $210.28 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $210.28 – $1,621.93

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