Facial bones <3 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$145.80

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.

$243.00

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.

$28.81 with Aetna vs $194.40 with Multiplan — 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 $28.81 ↓ -80%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $30.05 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid $38.14 ↓ -74%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.38 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.76 ↓ -68%
Aetna Commercial $65.77 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.36 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $68.04 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $68.04 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $68.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $68.72 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $69.74 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $69.74 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $70.47 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $71.44 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $73.48 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $73.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $74.11 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $76.46 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $97.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $122.05 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $122.05 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $148.62 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $148.62 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $152.38 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $170.10 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $170.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $182.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $194.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $194.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $194.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $194.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $194.40 ↑ +33%

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Facial bones <3 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $23.72 – $266.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $23.72 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $30.18 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $340.20 $23.94 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $288.60 $30.18 – $88.15
UPMC Hanover Hanover $188.40 $23.72 – $134.58
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $189.00 $28.81 – $90.67
UPMC Jameson New Castle $226.80 $20.83 – $104.94

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