Larynscop w/tumr exc + scope at UPMC Cole

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

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

$520.80

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$868.00

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.

$240.61 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,252.31 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $240.61 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $243.04 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $243.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $245.47 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $249.12 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $249.12 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $251.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $255.19 ↓ -51%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $258.57 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $262.48 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $262.48 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $264.74 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $342.28 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $347.20 ↓ -33%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $371.36 ↓ -29%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $419.68 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $607.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $651.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $694.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $694.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $694.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $694.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $694.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $711.76 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $931.28 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,166.37 ↑ +124%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,166.37 ↑ +124%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,420.33 ↑ +173%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,420.33 ↑ +173%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,470.59 ↑ +182%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,252.31 ↑ +524%

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Larynscop w/tumr exc + scope at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $1,606.00 $205.80 – $7,505.72
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $246.26 – $3,796.26
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $258.57 – $3,796.26
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $332.45 – $7,348.95
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $270.89 – $5,112.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca not published $270.89 – $3,690.81
UPMC Memorial York not published $312.75 – $5,656.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $270.89 – $3,866.57

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