Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at UPMC Cole

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

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

$146.40

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.

$244.00

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.

$38.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $539.78 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $38.81 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $39.20 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $39.20 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare $39.59 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $40.18 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $40.18 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna Medicare $41.16 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $42.34 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $42.34 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $42.70 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.00 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare $68.32 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $77.00 ↓ -47%
Geisinger Medicaid $77.00 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $98.00 ↓ -33%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $98.03 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Commercial $105.00 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $112.00 ↓ -23%
Humana Commercial $112.00 ↓ -23%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $112.00 ↓ -23%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $112.00 ↓ -23%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $112.00 ↓ -23%
Aetna Commercial $114.80 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $178.74 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $178.74 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $217.66 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $217.66 ↑ +49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $539.78 ↑ +269%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Ghs ng placement w fluoro guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $394.20 $76.27 – $525.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $474.00 $137.26 – $711.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,304.60 $209.95 – $3,264.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,304.60 $301.72 – $3,264.85
UPMC East Monroeville $320.40 $76.99 – $427.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $447.00 $76.27 – $553.32
UPMC Northwest Seneca $334.20 $197.94 – $410.88
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,304.60 $301.72 – $609.92

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