Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,693.20

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.

$2,822.00

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.

$48.83 with Aetna vs $2,298.86 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.

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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 $48.83 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid $64.63 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $70.12 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $79.25 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $162.16 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $163.80 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $163.80 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare $165.44 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $167.90 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $167.90 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $169.65 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare $171.99 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $176.90 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.90 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $178.43 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $234.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $406.80 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $409.50 ↓ -76%
Geisinger Commercial $438.75 ↓ -74%
InterGroup PPO $468.00 ↓ -72%
Humana Commercial $468.00 ↓ -72%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $468.00 ↓ -72%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $468.00 ↓ -72%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $468.00 ↓ -72%
Aetna Commercial $479.70 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $790.16 ↓ -53%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,471.55 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,471.55 ↓ -13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,791.95 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,791.95 ↑ +6%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,298.86 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,287.00 $46.50 – $1,716.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,626.60 $48.83 – $2,439.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,212.00 $59.05 – $1,717.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,212.00 $59.05 – $2,298.86
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $51.15 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,099.00 $51.15 – $729.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,183.40 $51.15 – $411.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,212.00 $59.05 – $1,016.56

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