Init pm e/m new pat 65+ yrs at UPMC Cole

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

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

$192.60

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.

$321.00

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.

$88.98 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $802.95 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $88.98 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $89.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $89.88 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $89.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $90.78 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $92.13 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $92.13 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $93.09 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $94.37 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $97.07 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $97.07 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $97.91 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $127.79 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $128.40 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $168.00 ↓ -13%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $175.09 ↓ -9%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $176.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $176.55 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $224.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $240.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $256.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $256.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $256.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $256.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $256.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $263.22 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $659.43 ↑ +242%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $659.43 ↑ +242%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $802.95 ↑ +317%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $802.95 ↑ +317%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Init pm e/m new pat 65+ yrs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $332.40 $44.87 – $443.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $154.80 $26.20 – $240.09
UPMC Somerset Somerset $154.80 $23.00 – $76.54
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $216.00 $25.60 – $25.60

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