Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$319.80

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.

$533.00

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.

$22.81 with BCBS of Western NY vs $426.40 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $22.81 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $41.76 ↓ -87%
Aetna Commercial $52.63 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid $55.28 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $59.97 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.78 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $147.75 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $150.73 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $152.97 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $152.97 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $154.57 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $156.70 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $161.18 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $162.56 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $162.65 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $162.65 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $198.05 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $198.05 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $213.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $247.97 ↓ -22%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $373.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $399.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $426.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $426.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $426.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $426.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $426.40 ↑ +33%

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Mayo pborb infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe borrelia burgdorferi (lyme) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $177.60 $34.68 – $236.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $558.60 $12.66 – $837.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $195.60 $29.71 – $277.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $195.60 $34.74 – $277.10
UPMC East Monroeville $697.20 $34.68 – $929.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $603.00 $34.68 – $90.15
UPMC Northwest Seneca $306.00 $31.82 – $45.74
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $526.20 $31.42 – $65.85

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