Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 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

$233.40

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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.

$389.00

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.

$39.38 with Aetna 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $39.38 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid $52.12 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $56.55 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $107.83 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $108.92 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $108.92 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $110.01 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $111.64 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $111.64 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $112.81 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $114.37 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $117.63 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $117.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $118.64 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $155.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $248.90 ↑ +7%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $272.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $291.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $311.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $311.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $311.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $311.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $311.20 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $318.98 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $790.10 ↑ +239%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $790.10 ↑ +239%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $962.12 ↑ +312%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $962.12 ↑ +312%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,732.25 ↑ +642%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +897%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Excision benign lesion scalp/neck/hands/feet/genitalia 1.1 - 2.0 cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $3,515.40 $37.50 – $4,687.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,910.60 $47.62 – $4,123.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $348.00 $50.62 – $3,135.30
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,910.60 $47.62 – $2,476.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,427.00 $41.25 – $1,668.28
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,829.60 $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,427.00 $41.25 – $1,699.17
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,961.60 $41.25 – $1,699.17

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