Exc neck tum deep < 5 cm at UPMC Cole

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

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

$910.80

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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.

$1,518.00

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.

$126.00 with Aetna vs $2,880.13 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $126.00 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid $166.79 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $180.96 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $204.50 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $420.79 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $425.04 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $425.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $429.29 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $435.67 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $435.67 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $440.22 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $446.29 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $459.04 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $459.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $462.99 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $607.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $700.15 ↓ -23%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,062.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $1,138.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,214.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,214.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,214.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,214.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,214.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,244.76 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,315.21 ↑ +154%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,365.16 ↑ +160%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,365.16 ↑ +160%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,880.13 ↑ +216%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,880.13 ↑ +216%

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Exc neck tum deep < 5 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,028.67 $132.00 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $120.00 – $2,946.91
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $126.00 – $2,946.91
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $162.00 – $5,805.45
UPMC East Monroeville not published $132.00 – $3,001.48
UPMC Lititz Lititz not published $152.40 – $4,398.21
UPMC Memorial York not published $152.40 – $4,391.07
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $132.00 – $3,001.48

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