Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$77.40

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.

$129.00

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.

$5.02 with BCBS of Western NY vs $103.20 with InterGroup — 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 $5.02 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.64 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $11.22 ↓ -86%
Aetna Commercial $11.60 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $14.86 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $16.12 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $18.22 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $35.76 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $35.83 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $35.83 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $36.12 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.12 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $36.12 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $36.48 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $37.02 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $37.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $37.41 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $37.93 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $39.01 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $39.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $39.34 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $43.63 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $43.63 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $51.60 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $53.20 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $90.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $96.75 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $103.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $103.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $103.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $103.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $103.20 ↑ +33%

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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $356.40 $7.64 – $475.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $58.20 $2.79 – $87.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $40.20 $7.65 – $56.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $7.65 – $56.95
UPMC Hamot Erie $114.60 $7.64 – $21.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $121.20 $7.01 – $12.29
UPMC Hanover Hanover $40.20 $7.65 – $14.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $240.00 $6.92 – $14.86

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