Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at UPMC Cole

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

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

$400.80

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.

$668.00

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.

$27.85 with BCBS of Western NY vs $534.40 with Multiplan — 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 $27.85 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $41.63 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $42.34 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid $55.11 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $59.79 ↓ -85%
Aetna Commercial $64.26 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.57 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $185.17 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $187.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $187.04 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $187.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $188.91 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $191.72 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $191.72 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $193.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $196.39 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $198.57 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $198.57 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $202.00 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $202.00 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $203.74 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $241.79 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $241.79 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $267.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $332.58 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $467.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $501.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $534.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $534.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $534.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $534.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $534.40 ↑ +33%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hepatitis c at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $609.60 $36.95 – $812.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $284.40 $15.46 – $426.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $238.80 $39.65 – $338.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $243.00 $39.65 – $338.30
UPMC East Monroeville $879.00 $39.65 – $1,172.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $958.80 $39.65 – $113.70
UPMC Northwest Seneca $346.80 $38.85 – $46.27
UPMC Hanover Hanover $238.80 $39.65 – $68.54

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