Ia infect ag ab qual/semiquant sgl step at UPMC Cole

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

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

$33.00

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.

$55.00

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.

$11.76 with BCBS of Western NY vs $102.10 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $11.76 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $15.25 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.40 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $15.55 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $15.79 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $15.79 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.95 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $16.17 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $16.63 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.63 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $16.77 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.88 ↓ -46%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $18.78 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.00 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $24.87 ↓ -25%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $26.98 ↓ -18%
Aetna Commercial $27.14 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.49 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $38.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $41.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $44.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $44.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $44.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $44.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $44.00 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↑ +61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $80.19 ↑ +143%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $83.85 ↑ +154%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $83.85 ↑ +154%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $102.10 ↑ +209%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $102.10 ↑ +209%

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Ia infect ag ab qual/semiquant sgl step at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Northwest Seneca $149.40 $16.41 – $20.57
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $96.00 $16.20 – $33.95
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $79.80 $16.93 – $30.49
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $15.08 – $25.02
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $96.00 $16.81 – $25.26
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $179.40 $17.88 – $27.85

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