Exc skn hdrdnt ax smpl/ntrm at UPMC Cole

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

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

$321.60

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.

$536.00

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.

$65.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,312.46 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 $65.97 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $66.64 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $66.64 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $66.64 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $67.31 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $68.31 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $68.31 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $69.02 ↓ -79%
Cigna Medicare $69.97 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $71.97 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $71.97 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $72.59 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $95.20 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $166.60 ↓ -48%
Geisinger Commercial $178.50 ↓ -44%
InterGroup PPO $190.40 ↓ -41%
Humana Commercial $190.40 ↓ -41%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $190.40 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $190.40 ↓ -41%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $190.40 ↓ -41%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $192.40 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial $195.16 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Medicaid $254.69 ↓ -21%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $276.33 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $312.28 ↓ -3%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $788.41 ↑ +145%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +224%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,898.99 ↑ +490%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,898.99 ↑ +490%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,298.80 ↑ +615%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,312.46 ↑ +619%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,312.46 ↑ +619%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc skn hdrdnt ax smpl/ntrm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $652.80 $924.80 – $924.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $652.80 $248.04 – $267.86
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,194.67 $201.56 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $183.24 – $2,946.91
UPMC East Monroeville not published $201.56 – $3,001.48
UPMC Kane Kane not published $201.56 – $1,805.30
UPMC Memorial York not published $232.71 – $4,391.07
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $201.56 – $3,001.48

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