Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$925.80
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.
$1,543.00
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.
$49.88 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $49.88 | ↓ -95% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $66.02 | ↓ -93% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $71.63 | ↓ -92% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $80.95 | ↓ -91% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $164.38 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $166.04 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $166.04 | ↓ -82% |
| Humana | Medicare | $167.70 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $170.19 | ↓ -82% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $170.19 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $171.97 | ↓ -81% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $174.34 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $179.32 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $179.32 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $180.87 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $237.20 | ↓ -74% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $337.85 | ↓ -64% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $400.79 | ↓ -57% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $415.10 | ↓ -55% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $432.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $444.75 | ↓ -52% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $474.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Humana | Commercial | $474.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $474.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $474.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $474.40 | ↓ -49% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $486.26 | ↓ -47% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,391.78 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,391.78 | ↑ +50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,694.82 | ↑ +83% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,694.82 | ↑ +83% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $2,325.85 | ↑ +151% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 5.0 cm - 12052 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $820.80 | $47.50 – $1,094.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $289.20 | $49.88 – $433.80 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $520.80 | $60.33 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $520.80 | $60.33 – $1,016.56 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $543.60 | $52.25 – $724.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $539.40 | $52.25 – $554.00 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $388.80 | $52.25 – $399.94 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $520.80 | $60.33 – $1,016.56 |