Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$226.80
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.
$378.00
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.
$8.48 with Aetna vs $300.89 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.
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 | $8.48 | ↓ -96% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $11.23 | ↓ -95% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $12.18 | ↓ -95% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $13.77 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $19.40 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $19.60 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $19.60 | ↓ -91% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $19.60 | ↓ -91% |
| Humana | Medicare | $19.80 | ↓ -91% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $20.09 | ↓ -91% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $20.09 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $20.30 | ↓ -91% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $20.58 | ↓ -91% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $21.17 | ↓ -91% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $21.17 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $21.35 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $28.00 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $49.00 | ↓ -78% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $52.50 | ↓ -77% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $56.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Humana | Commercial | $56.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $56.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $56.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $56.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $57.40 | ↓ -75% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $88.25 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $132.39 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $132.39 | ↓ -42% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $134.23 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $161.21 | ↓ -29% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $161.21 | ↓ -29% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $300.89 | ↑ +33% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Kane | Kane | $595.20 | $8.89 – $148.28 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $489.60 | $8.89 – $93.83 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $406.80 | $8.89 – $92.94 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $118.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $143.20 | $8.89 – $993.28 |
| WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital | Chambersburg | $100.80 | $10.10 – $90.72 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $100.80 | $10.10 – $27.47 |
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $96.50 | not published |