Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$990.00
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.
$1,650.00
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.
$457.38 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $5,721.46 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.
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 | $457.38 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $462.00 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $462.00 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $466.62 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $473.55 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $473.55 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $478.50 | ↓ -52% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $484.24 | ↓ -51% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $485.10 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $498.96 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $498.96 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $503.25 | ↓ -49% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $640.99 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $660.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $695.46 | ↓ -30% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $785.94 | ↓ -21% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,155.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,237.50 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,320.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,320.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $1,320.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,320.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $1,320.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,353.00 | ↑ +37% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,747.00 | ↑ +76% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $1,954.88 | ↑ +97% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,102.88 | ↑ +112% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,102.88 | ↑ +112% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $2,560.75 | ↑ +159% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $2,560.75 | ↑ +159% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5,721.46 | ↑ +478% |
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Insertion of new/replacement ppm w/transvenous electrode(s) ventricular at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $4,138.20 | $461.18 – $5,517.60 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $24,630.00 | $585.70 – $34,892.50 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $24,630.00 | $585.70 – $34,892.50 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,774.00 | $507.30 – $10,476.31 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $10,378.80 | $507.30 – $14,511.47 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $24,630.00 | $585.70 – $15,996.05 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $17,091.00 | $507.30 – $13,469.54 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $24,630.00 | $511.65 – $1,828.26 |