IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at UPMC Cole

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

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

$108.00

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.

$180.00

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.

$12.00 with Aetna vs $133.92 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $12.00 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $14.97 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $15.12 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.12 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare $15.27 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $15.50 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $15.50 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.66 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $15.88 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $15.89 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $16.33 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.33 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $16.47 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $17.24 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $19.48 ↓ -82%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $21.60 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $21.60 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.84 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.80 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Commercial $40.50 ↓ -63%
InterGroup PPO $43.20 ↓ -60%
Humana Commercial $43.20 ↓ -60%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $43.20 ↓ -60%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $43.20 ↓ -60%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $43.20 ↓ -60%
Aetna Commercial $44.28 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $50.40 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $82.21 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $109.98 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $109.98 ↑ +2%
United Healthcare Commercial $126.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $133.92 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $133.92 ↑ +24%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $369.60 $11.43 – $492.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $168.00 $12.00 – $252.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $325.20 $14.52 – $460.70
UPMC East Monroeville $241.20 $12.57 – $321.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $305.40 $12.57 – $51.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.20 $12.57 – $109.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $325.20 $14.52 – $399.00

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