Glucose 1 hr post dose at UPMC Cole

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

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

$37.80

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.

$63.00

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.

$3.09 with BCBS of Western NY vs $53.00 with United Healthcare — 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $3.09 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.70 ↓ -88%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $6.86 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $7.12 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid $9.08 ↓ -76%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $9.85 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.13 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17.46 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $17.64 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $17.82 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $18.08 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $18.08 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $18.27 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $18.52 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $19.05 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.05 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $19.21 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $22.02 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $22.02 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $25.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $26.81 ↓ -29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $26.81 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $32.87 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $47.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $50.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $50.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $50.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $50.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $50.40 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↑ +40%

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Glucose 1 hr post dose at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $58.20 $4.70 – $77.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $30.00 $1.71 – $45.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.00 $4.70 – $34.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $24.00 $4.70 – $32.87
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $4.70 – $9.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $4.31 – $7.51
UPMC Hanover Hanover $24.00 $4.70 – $8.89
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $40.20 $4.25 – $9.08

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