Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$2,153.40
Cash price 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.
$3,589.00
Gross charge 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.
$994.87 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $6,714.86 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $994.87 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1,004.92 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1,004.92 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $1,014.97 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $1,030.04 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $1,030.04 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $1,040.81 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,055.17 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1,085.31 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $1,085.31 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1,094.64 | ↓ -49% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,113.73 | ↓ -48% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $1,192.92 | ↓ -45% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $1,435.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $1,973.95 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,973.95 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $2,512.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $2,691.75 | ↑ +25% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,755.22 | ↑ +28% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $2,871.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,871.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $2,871.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $2,871.20 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $2,871.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $2,942.98 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $5,514.24 | ↑ +156% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $5,514.24 | ↑ +156% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $6,714.86 | ↑ +212% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $6,714.86 | ↑ +212% |
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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $5,757.00 | $895.03 – $7,676.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $4,201.80 | $959.41 – $5,952.55 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $4,201.80 | $1,016.56 – $5,952.55 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,746.40 | $903.55 – $4,995.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,346.00 | $895.03 – $4,364.40 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $4,201.80 | $1,016.56 – $4,810.90 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $4,444.80 | $604.16 – $3,240.82 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $1,380.00 | $892.40 – $4,051.03 |