Exc sq tumor/thigh/knee area 3cm/> 27337 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$748.20

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.

$1,247.00

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.

$345.67 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,571.57 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 $345.67 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $349.16 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $349.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $352.65 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $357.89 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $357.89 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $361.63 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $366.62 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $377.09 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $377.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $380.33 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $498.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $614.57 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $685.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $685.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $872.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $935.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $997.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $997.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $997.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $997.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $997.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,022.54 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↑ +39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,865.44 ↑ +149%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,865.44 ↑ +149%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,271.61 ↑ +204%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,271.61 ↑ +204%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,571.57 ↑ +377%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc sq tumor/thigh/knee area 3cm/> 27337 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,087.80 $643.16 – $7,348.95
UPMC Kane Kane $2,748.00 $614.57 – $2,630.01
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,087.80 $399.78 – $431.72
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,215.00 $614.57 – $3,001.48
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,279.50 $205.80 – $5,847.63
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $614.57 – $2,946.91
UPMC East Monroeville not published $614.57 – $3,001.48
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $614.57 – $3,968.58

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