Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at UPMC Cole

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

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

$276.00

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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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$460.00

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.

$32.76 with Aetna vs $459.03 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $32.76 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid $43.36 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $47.05 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $53.17 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.52 ↓ -73%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $79.34 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $127.51 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $128.80 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $128.80 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $128.80 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $130.09 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $132.02 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $132.02 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $133.40 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $135.24 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $139.10 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $139.10 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $140.30 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $169.93 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $169.93 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $184.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $206.92 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $206.92 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Commercial $322.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $322.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $345.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $368.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $368.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $368.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $368.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $368.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $377.20 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $459.03 ↑ +66%

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $414.60 $31.20 – $526.40
UPMC East Monroeville $896.40 $34.32 – $1,195.20
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