Interrog device eval heart at UPMC Cole

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

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

$87.60

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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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$146.00

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.

$40.47 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $186.54 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 $40.47 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $40.88 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $40.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.88 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $41.29 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $41.90 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $41.90 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.34 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $42.92 ↓ -51%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $43.74 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $44.15 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $44.53 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $57.90 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.40 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $62.82 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $71.00 ↓ -19%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $81.21 ↓ -7%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $99.87 ↑ +14%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $102.20 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $102.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $109.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $116.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $116.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $116.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $116.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $116.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $119.72 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $153.19 ↑ +75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $153.19 ↑ +75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $160.78 ↑ +84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $186.54 ↑ +113%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $186.54 ↑ +113%

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Interrog device eval heart at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $247.20 $39.39 – $99.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $243.00 $14.05 – $99.87
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $232.80 $33.27 – $99.87
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $220.20 $29.63 – $111.89
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $235.80 $33.04 – $116.13
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $595.80 $14.66 – $130.11
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $205.80 $30.69 – $99.87
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $234.00 $15.64 – $110.32

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