Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$745.20

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.

$1,242.00

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.

$25.73 with Aetna vs $2,325.85 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.

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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 $25.73 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $34.05 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $36.95 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $41.75 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $123.91 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $125.16 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $125.16 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare $126.41 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $128.29 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $128.29 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $129.63 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $131.42 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $135.17 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $135.17 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $136.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $178.80 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $214.32 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $312.90 ↓ -58%
Geisinger Commercial $335.25 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $347.76 ↓ -53%
InterGroup PPO $357.60 ↓ -52%
Humana Commercial $357.60 ↓ -52%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $357.60 ↓ -52%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $357.60 ↓ -52%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $357.60 ↓ -52%
Aetna Commercial $366.54 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $401.24 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,156.43 ↑ +55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,156.43 ↑ +55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,408.22 ↑ +89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,408.22 ↑ +89%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +212%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.5 cm or less - 12031 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $574.80 $24.50 – $766.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $289.20 $25.73 – $433.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $31.11 – $737.80
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $26.95 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $541.20 $26.95 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $388.80 $26.95 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $31.11 – $689.06

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