I&d abscss rtrphryngl/paraphryngl intraorl apprch at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,460.40

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.

$2,434.00

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.

$93.97 with Aetna vs $2,425.85 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $93.97 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid $124.40 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $134.97 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $152.53 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $352.60 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $356.16 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $356.16 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare $359.72 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $365.06 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $365.06 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $368.88 ↓ -75%
Cigna Medicare $373.97 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $384.65 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $384.65 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $387.96 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $425.92 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $508.80 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $681.52 ↓ -53%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $890.40 ↓ -39%
Geisinger Commercial $954.00 ↓ -35%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,017.60 ↓ -30%
Humana Commercial $1,017.60 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $1,017.60 ↓ -30%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,017.60 ↓ -30%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,017.60 ↓ -30%
Aetna Commercial $1,043.04 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,713.54 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,992.11 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,992.11 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,425.85 ↑ +66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,425.85 ↑ +66%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital —

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I&d abscss rtrphryngl/paraphryngl intraorl apprch at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,971.40 $113.67 – $5,626.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,971.40 $113.67 – $5,626.15
UPMC East Monroeville $2,812.80 $98.45 – $3,750.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,332.40 $98.45 – $4,496.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $2,812.80 $98.45 – $3,246.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,971.40 $113.67 – $4,956.96
UPMC Lititz Lititz $3,971.40 $113.67 – $4,983.74
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $4,651.80 $98.45 – $3,401.07

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