IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at UPMC Cole

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

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

$181.20

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.

$302.00

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.

$20.20 with Aetna vs $211.40 with United Healthcare — 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 $20.20 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $21.34 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $21.56 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $21.56 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare $21.78 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $22.10 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.33 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare $22.64 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $23.28 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.28 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $23.48 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid $26.74 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $29.01 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $30.80 ↓ -83%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $32.03 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.79 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.32 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.90 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Commercial $57.75 ↓ -68%
InterGroup PPO $61.60 ↓ -66%
Humana Commercial $61.60 ↓ -66%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $61.60 ↓ -66%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $61.60 ↓ -66%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $61.60 ↓ -66%
Aetna Commercial $63.14 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare $84.56 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $159.56 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $159.56 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $191.35 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $194.29 ↑ +7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $194.29 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Commercial $211.40 ↑ +17%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $220.80 $19.24 – $294.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $178.20 $20.20 – $267.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $171.60 $24.43 – $243.10
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UPMC East Monroeville $412.20 $21.16 – $549.60
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UPMC Northwest Seneca $228.60 $21.16 – $71.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $171.60 $24.43 – $108.78

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