Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at UPMC Cole

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

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

$91.20

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.

$152.00

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.

$30.14 with UPMC Work Partners vs $184.77 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.14 ↓ -67%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $33.44 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $42.13 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $42.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $42.56 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.56 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $42.99 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $43.62 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $43.62 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.08 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $44.69 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $45.96 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $46.36 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $60.80 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $83.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $83.60 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $104.05 ↑ +14%
United Healthcare Commercial $106.40 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $106.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $114.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $121.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $121.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $121.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $121.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $121.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $124.64 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $151.74 ↑ +66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $151.74 ↑ +66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $184.77 ↑ +103%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $184.77 ↑ +103%

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Manipulation chest wall demonstration/evaluation subsequent at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $128.40 $30.14 – $171.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $72.00 $30.14 – $132.72
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $248.40 $31.55 – $351.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $248.40 $32.09 – $351.90
UPMC East Monroeville $159.00 $31.07 – $212.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $555.00 $30.78 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $80.40 $30.66 – $132.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $248.40 $32.09 – $197.02

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