Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at UPMC Cole

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

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

$196.80

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.

$328.00

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.

$53.00 with United Healthcare vs $805.02 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $90.92 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $91.84 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $91.84 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $91.84 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $92.76 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $94.14 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $94.14 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $95.12 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $96.43 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $99.19 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $99.19 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $100.04 ↓ -49%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $118.50 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $131.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.96 ↓ -28%
Aetna Commercial $142.63 ↓ -28%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $142.63 ↓ -28%
Geisinger Medicaid $156.86 ↓ -20%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $170.19 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $192.34 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $229.60 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $235.20 ↑ +20%
Geisinger Commercial $246.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $262.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $262.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $262.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $262.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $262.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $661.10 ↑ +236%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $661.10 ↑ +236%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $805.02 ↑ +309%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $805.02 ↑ +309%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $210.00 $112.86 – $280.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $51.46 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $210.00 $47.95 – $297.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $210.00 $70.00 – $297.50
UPMC East Monroeville $210.00 $109.66 – $280.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $210.00 $112.86 – $265.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $210.00 $124.15 – $154.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $210.00 $112.86 – $228.21

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