M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at UPMC Cole

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

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

$514.80

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.

$858.00

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.

$53.00 with United Healthcare vs $686.40 with Multiplan — 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $58.64 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid $77.63 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $84.22 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $95.18 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $96.27 ↓ -81%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $113.92 ↓ -78%
Aetna Commercial $178.78 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $237.84 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $240.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $240.24 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $240.24 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $242.64 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $246.25 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $246.25 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $248.82 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $252.25 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $259.46 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $259.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $261.69 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $343.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $392.69 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $392.69 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $478.17 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $478.17 ↓ -7%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $600.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $643.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $680.34 ↑ +32%
InterGroup PPO $686.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $686.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $686.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $686.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $686.40 ↑ +33%

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M/phmtrc alysishquant/semiq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $152.40 $30.54 – $203.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $166.20 $37.95 – $235.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $166.20 $47.36 – $680.34
UPMC East Monroeville $1,038.00 $30.83 – $1,384.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $426.00 $30.54 – $240.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $646.80 $61.44 – $96.27
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $400.20 $49.38 – $96.27
UPMC Jameson New Castle $112.80 $31.08 – $244.91

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