Ghs layer closure 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12053 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,084.80

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.

$1,808.00

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.

$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.

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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 $49.88 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid $66.02 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $71.63 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $80.95 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $176.02 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $177.80 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $177.80 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare $179.58 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $182.25 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $182.25 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $184.15 ↓ -83%
Cigna Medicare $186.69 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $192.02 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $192.02 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $193.68 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $254.00 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $374.81 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $444.50 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Commercial $476.25 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Medicare $506.24 ↓ -53%
InterGroup PPO $508.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Commercial $508.00 ↓ -53%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $508.00 ↓ -53%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $508.00 ↓ -53%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $508.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Commercial $520.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $653.63 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,604.16 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,604.16 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,953.44 ↑ +80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,953.44 ↑ +80%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,325.85 ↑ +114%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 5.1 - 7.5 cm - 12053 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $909.00 $47.50 – $1,212.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $428.40 $49.88 – $642.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $819.00 $60.33 – $1,160.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $819.00 $60.33 – $1,160.25
UPMC East Monroeville $1,037.40 $52.25 – $1,383.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $880.20 $52.25 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $695.40 $52.25 – $408.14
UPMC Hanover Hanover $819.00 $60.33 – $1,016.56

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