Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$252.00
Cash price 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.
$420.00
Gross charge 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.
$52.80 with Aetna vs $509.41 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $52.80 | ↓ -79% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $66.81 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $67.48 | ↓ -73% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $67.48 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare | $68.15 | ↓ -73% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $69.17 | ↓ -73% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $69.17 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $69.89 | ↓ -72% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $69.90 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $70.85 | ↓ -72% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $72.88 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $72.88 | ↓ -71% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $73.50 | ↓ -71% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $75.84 | ↓ -70% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $85.70 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $96.40 | ↓ -62% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $97.85 | ↓ -61% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $107.16 | ↓ -57% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $117.60 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $168.70 | ↓ -33% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $180.75 | ↓ -28% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $192.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Humana | Commercial | $192.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $192.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $192.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $192.80 | ↓ -23% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $210.98 | ↓ -16% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $281.96 | ↑ +12% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $294.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $418.34 | ↑ +66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $418.34 | ↑ +66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $509.41 | ↑ +102% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $509.41 | ↑ +102% |
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Fluoroguide for spine inject 77003-26 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $373.20 | $28.19 – $497.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $990.00 | $36.93 – $1,402.50 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $990.00 | $36.93 – $1,402.50 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $511.80 | $55.32 – $196.93 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $990.00 | $36.93 – $112.15 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $239.40 | $52.80 – $147.61 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $215.40 | $32.42 – $107.16 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $990.00 | $36.93 – $112.15 |