Hysteroscopy ablation at UPMC Cole

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

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

$660.60

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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.

$1,101.00

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.

$305.20 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $11,317.78 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $305.20 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $308.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $308.28 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $311.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $315.99 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $315.99 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $319.29 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $323.69 ↓ -51%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $331.69 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $332.94 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $332.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $335.81 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $439.07 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $440.40 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $476.38 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $538.36 ↓ -19%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $763.39 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $770.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $825.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $880.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $880.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $880.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $880.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $880.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $902.82 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,470.59 ↑ +123%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,636.59 ↑ +299%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9,294.15 ↑ +1307%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9,294.15 ↑ +1307%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $11,317.78 ↑ +1613%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $11,317.78 ↑ +1613%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Hysteroscopy ablation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,295.20 $347.49 – $5,082.81
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,711.50 $205.80 – $10,070.65
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $315.90 – $5,082.81
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $331.69 – $5,082.81
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $401.19 – $7,555.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $426.46 – $9,755.55
UPMC East Monroeville not published $347.49 – $5,176.94
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $347.49 – $6,844.99

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