Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe neisseria gonorrhoeae at UPMC Cole

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

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

$161.40

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.

$269.00

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.

$22.81 with BCBS of Western NY vs $248.58 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $22.81 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $24.35 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $32.23 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $34.97 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $39.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna Commercial $52.63 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $74.57 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $75.32 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $75.32 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $75.32 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $76.07 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $77.20 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $77.20 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $78.01 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $79.09 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $81.35 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $81.35 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $82.05 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $107.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $162.65 ↑ +1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $162.65 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $188.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $198.05 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $198.05 ↑ +23%
Geisinger Commercial $201.75 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $215.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $215.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $215.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $215.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $215.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $248.58 ↑ +54%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe neisseria gonorrhoeae at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $217.20 $23.19 – $289.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $12.66 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $195.60 $23.19 – $161.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $195.60 $23.19 – $248.58
UPMC East Monroeville $697.20 $23.19 – $929.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $191.40 $23.19 – $90.15
UPMC Northwest Seneca $198.60 $25.51 – $37.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $195.60 $23.19 – $56.14

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