External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at UPMC Cole

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

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

$646.20

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.

$1,077.00

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 $990.58 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $93.44 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.07 ↓ -78%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $183.29 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial $215.62 ↓ -67%
Geisinger Medicaid $242.62 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $263.24 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $297.49 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $298.54 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $301.56 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $301.56 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $304.58 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $309.10 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $309.10 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $312.33 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $316.64 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $325.68 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $325.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $328.49 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $430.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $666.30 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $666.30 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $753.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $807.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $811.34 ↑ +26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $811.34 ↑ +26%
InterGroup PPO $861.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $861.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $861.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $861.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $861.60 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $990.58 ↑ +53%

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External tissue culture neoplastic disorders bone marrow/blood cells at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $621.60 $142.07 – $828.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $2,074.80 $51.87 – $3,112.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,028.40 $142.31 – $1,456.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,028.40 $142.31 – $1,456.90
UPMC East Monroeville $2,652.00 $142.07 – $3,536.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $939.60 $142.07 – $343.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,167.00 $130.37 – $200.74
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,028.40 $142.31 – $237.75

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