Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$144.60

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.

$241.00

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.

$30.21 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $30.21 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $30.52 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $30.52 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $30.52 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare $30.83 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $31.28 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $31.28 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.61 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $32.05 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $32.96 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $32.96 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $33.24 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $43.60 ↓ -70%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $65.35 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $76.30 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Commercial $81.75 ↓ -43%
Geisinger Medicaid $86.51 ↓ -40%
InterGroup PPO $87.20 ↓ -40%
Humana Commercial $87.20 ↓ -40%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $87.20 ↓ -40%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $87.20 ↓ -40%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $87.20 ↓ -40%
Aetna Commercial $89.38 ↓ -38%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $93.86 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $106.07 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $163.43 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $207.65 ↑ +44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $447.83 ↑ +210%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $447.83 ↑ +210%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $545.33 ↑ +277%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $545.33 ↑ +277%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +1508%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Fine needle asp without image guide 10021 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $501.00 $62.24 – $668.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,452.60 $65.35 – $2,178.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,056.00 $79.04 – $1,496.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,056.00 $78.00 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $978.60 $68.46 – $1,304.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,086.00 $68.46 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $478.80 $68.46 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,056.00 $79.04 – $1,016.56

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