#_fet/norfentcnfrmur at UPMC Cole

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

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

$62.40

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.

$104.00

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.

$9.91 with BCBS of Western NY vs $104.64 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $9.91 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $28.83 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.12 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.12 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.12 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $29.41 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $29.85 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $29.85 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.16 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $30.58 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $31.45 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $31.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $31.72 ↓ -49%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $36.46 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $41.60 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $48.26 ↓ -23%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $52.36 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $59.17 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $72.80 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $78.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $83.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $83.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $83.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $83.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $83.20 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $85.28 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $85.93 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $85.93 ↑ +38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $104.64 ↑ +68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $104.64 ↑ +68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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#_fet/norfentcnfrmur at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Kane Kane $186.00 $24.43 – $80.02
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $85.00 $10.00 – $43.40

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