Ghs aspiration bladder - needle at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$431.40
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.
$719.00
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.
$31.48 with Aetna vs $771.51 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.
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 | $31.48 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $41.67 | ↓ -90% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $45.21 | ↓ -90% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $51.09 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $54.61 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $55.16 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $55.16 | ↓ -87% |
| Humana | Medicare | $55.71 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $56.54 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $56.54 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $57.13 | ↓ -87% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $57.92 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $59.57 | ↓ -86% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $59.57 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $60.09 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $78.80 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $97.47 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $118.05 | ↓ -73% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $137.90 | ↓ -68% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $147.75 | ↓ -66% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $157.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Humana | Commercial | $157.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $157.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $157.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $157.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $161.54 | ↓ -63% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $201.32 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $321.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $321.98 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $392.08 | ↓ -9% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $392.08 | ↓ -9% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $771.51 | ↑ +79% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs aspiration bladder - needle at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $446.40 | $38.07 – $632.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $446.40 | $38.07 – $632.40 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $446.40 | $38.07 – $371.74 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $621.00 | $32.98 – $250.42 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $446.40 | $38.07 – $373.74 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $528.60 | $32.98 – $250.42 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $446.40 | $38.07 – $373.14 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $688.20 | $32.98 – $104.27 |