Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing at UPMC Cole

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

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

$348.00

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.

$580.00

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 $581.34 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
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -85%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $100.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $160.78 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $162.40 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $162.40 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $162.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $164.02 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $166.46 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $166.46 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $168.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $170.52 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $175.39 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $175.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $176.90 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $232.00 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $319.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $319.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $406.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $435.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $464.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $464.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $464.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $464.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $464.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $475.60 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $477.42 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $477.42 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $581.34 ↑ +67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $581.34 ↑ +67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Mayo gamma-globin full gene sequencing at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $9,247.80 $75.97 – $189.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,357.80 $210.67 – $1,256.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $192.60 $43.98 – $1,096.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $201.00 $64.20 – $303.70
UPMC East Monroeville $9,424.80 $75.50 – $241.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $9,754.20 $75.97 – $210.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $8,992.20 $197.17 – $197.17
UPMC Hanover Hanover $192.60 $436.92 – $1,096.80

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