Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$343.80

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.

$573.00

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.

$131.78 with Aetna vs $2,314.70 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $131.78 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $158.84 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $160.44 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $160.44 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $162.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $164.45 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $164.45 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $166.17 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $168.46 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $173.28 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $173.28 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicaid $174.43 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $174.76 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $189.25 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $213.88 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $229.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $401.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $429.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $458.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $458.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $458.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $458.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $458.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $469.86 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $609.50 ↑ +77%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +203%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,368.72 ↑ +298%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,368.72 ↑ +298%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,666.73 ↑ +385%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,666.73 ↑ +385%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,314.70 ↑ +573%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,034.60 $159.38 – $2,882.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,034.60 $159.38 – $1,075.42
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,034.60 $159.38 – $1,081.23
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,045.60 $138.05 – $736.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,835.20 $138.05 – $931.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,448.20 $138.05 – $736.75
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $491.40 $138.05 – $993.28
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $125.50 – $729.80

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