Excision of gum lesion 41825 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$207.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$346.00

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.

$95.91 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $95.91 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $96.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $96.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $97.85 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $99.30 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $99.30 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $100.34 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $101.72 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $104.63 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $104.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $105.53 ↓ -49%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $116.12 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $138.40 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $153.71 ↓ -26%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $166.77 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $188.47 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $242.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $259.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $276.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $276.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $276.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $276.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $276.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $283.72 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $345.34 ↑ +66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $968.38 ↑ +366%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $968.38 ↑ +366%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,179.23 ↑ +468%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,179.23 ↑ +468%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,713.94 ↑ +726%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +1020%

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Excision of gum lesion 41825 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,553.40 $121.65 – $3,401.07
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $4,103.00 $121.65 – $6,674.52
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $121.65 – $3,091.88
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport not published $121.65 – $3,308.31

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