Ghs electrostagmgraphy at UPMC Cole

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

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

$21.00

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.

$35.00

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.

$9.70 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $365.23 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $9.70 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $9.80 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.80 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.80 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $9.90 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $10.04 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $10.04 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.15 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $10.29 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $10.58 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.58 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $10.68 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.50 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $26.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $28.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $28.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $28.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $28.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $28.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $28.70 ↑ +37%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $33.18 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $40.36 ↑ +92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $40.36 ↑ +92%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $42.51 ↑ +102%
Geisinger Medicaid $43.92 ↑ +109%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $47.65 ↑ +127%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $49.14 ↑ +134%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $49.14 ↑ +134%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.90 ↑ +152%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $53.85 ↑ +156%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $365.23 ↑ +1639%

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Ghs electrostagmgraphy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $33.00 $5.65 – $161.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,122.00 $5.59 – $164.09
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,507.80 $5.65 – $164.09

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