Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at UPMC Cole

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

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

$393.60

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.

$656.00

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.

$39.06 with BCBS of Western NY vs $537.92 with Aetna — 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 $39.06 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $168.46 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $181.84 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.68 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $183.68 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $183.68 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $185.52 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $188.27 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $188.27 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $190.24 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $192.86 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $198.37 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $198.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $200.08 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $262.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $269.24 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $269.24 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $327.85 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $327.85 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid $360.80 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $360.80 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $459.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $459.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $492.00 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $524.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $524.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $524.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $524.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $524.80 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $527.58 ↑ +34%
Aetna Commercial $537.92 ↑ +37%

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Initiation & management bipap/cpap initial day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $690.60 $167.27 – $920.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $519.60 $69.96 – $779.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $627.00 $44.88 – $888.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $627.00 $44.88 – $888.25
UPMC East Monroeville $866.40 $138.25 – $1,155.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,571.40 $95.56 – $273.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $428.40 $161.96 – $209.42
UPMC Hanover Hanover $627.00 $44.88 – $527.58

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