Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$910.20

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.

$1,517.00

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.

$37.27 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 $37.27 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid $49.34 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $53.53 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $60.50 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $148.58 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $150.08 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $150.08 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $151.58 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $153.83 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $153.83 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $155.44 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $157.58 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $162.09 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $162.09 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $163.48 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $214.40 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $294.79 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $375.20 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Commercial $402.00 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $424.76 ↓ -53%
InterGroup PPO $428.80 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $428.80 ↓ -53%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $428.80 ↓ -53%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $428.80 ↓ -53%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $428.80 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial $439.52 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $636.27 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,363.82 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,363.82 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,660.76 ↑ +82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,660.76 ↑ +82%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $820.80 $35.50 – $1,094.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $454.20 $37.27 – $681.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.00 $45.09 – $1,160.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $819.00 $45.09 – $1,160.25
UPMC East Monroeville $856.80 $39.05 – $1,142.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $857.40 $39.05 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $610.80 $39.05 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $819.00 $45.09 – $1,016.56

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