Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder at UPMC Cole

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

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

$348.60

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.

$581.00

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.

$70.29 with Aetna vs $1,066.30 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 $70.29 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid $93.04 ↓ -73%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $98.03 ↓ -72%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $100.95 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $114.08 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $133.61 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $134.96 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $134.96 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare $136.31 ↓ -61%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $138.33 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $138.33 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $139.78 ↓ -60%
Cigna Medicare $141.71 ↓ -59%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $145.76 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $145.76 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $147.01 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $162.68 ↓ -53%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $176.80 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $192.80 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $337.40 ↓ -3%
Geisinger Commercial $361.50 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $384.58 ↑ +10%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $384.58 ↑ +10%
InterGroup PPO $385.60 ↑ +11%
Humana Commercial $385.60 ↑ +11%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $385.60 ↑ +11%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $385.60 ↑ +11%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $385.60 ↑ +11%
Aetna Commercial $395.24 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $468.32 ↑ +34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $468.32 ↑ +34%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,066.30 ↑ +206%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Instillation anticarcinogenic agent bladder at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,226.00 $66.94 – $2,968.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $587.40 $90.37 – $1,066.30
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,062.60 $73.63 – $668.17
UPMC Hanover Hanover $587.40 $85.01 – $1,020.21
UPMC Kane Kane $693.00 $73.63 – $365.61
UPMC Lititz Lititz $587.40 $85.01 – $1,025.73
UPMC Memorial York $587.40 $85.01 – $1,024.06
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,753.40 $73.63 – $931.20

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