Fluoroscopy up to 1 hour at UPMC Cole

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

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

$252.00

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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.

$420.00

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.

$19.95 with Aetna vs $336.00 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 $19.95 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $26.41 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $28.65 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.38 ↓ -87%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $42.31 ↓ -83%
Aetna Commercial $88.63 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $116.42 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $117.60 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $117.60 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $117.60 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $118.78 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $120.54 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $120.54 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $121.80 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $123.48 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $127.01 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $127.01 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $128.10 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $129.30 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $150.79 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $150.79 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $168.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $183.61 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $183.61 ↓ -27%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $198.30 ↓ -21%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $294.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $294.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $315.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $336.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $336.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $336.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $336.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $336.00 ↑ +33%

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Fluoroscopy up to 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $172.80 $11.50 – $230.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $216.00 $19.95 – $324.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $497.40 $15.06 – $704.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $497.40 $15.06 – $704.65
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $20.90 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $645.60 $20.90 – $345.98
UPMC Northwest Seneca $496.20 $20.90 – $241.97
UPMC Hanover Hanover $497.40 $15.06 – $369.47

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