External profiling gene expression oncology (breast) mrna 21 genes at UPMC Cole

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

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

$11,619.60

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.

$19,366.00

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.

$53.00 with United Healthcare vs $21,859.60 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -100%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,517.45 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $3,008.25 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,827.77 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid $3,982.06 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $4,320.42 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,882.53 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5,368.26 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5,422.48 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $5,422.48 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $5,422.48 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $5,476.70 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $5,558.04 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $5,558.04 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $5,616.14 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $5,693.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna Commercial $5,809.50 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $5,856.28 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,856.28 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $5,906.63 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $7,746.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $13,556.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $14,524.50 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $15,492.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $15,492.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $15,492.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $15,492.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $15,492.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $17,951.74 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $17,951.74 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $21,859.60 ↑ +88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $21,859.60 ↑ +88%

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