Mayo selenium at UPMC Cole

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

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

$136.80

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.

$228.00

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.

$16.59 with BCBS of Western NY vs $191.97 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $16.59 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.23 ↓ -82%
Aetna Commercial $38.30 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $63.20 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $63.84 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $63.84 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $63.84 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $64.48 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $65.44 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $65.44 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $66.12 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $67.03 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $68.95 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $68.95 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $69.54 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $91.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $118.33 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $118.33 ↓ -14%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $125.40 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $125.40 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $144.09 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $144.09 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $159.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $171.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $182.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $182.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $182.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $182.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $182.40 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $191.97 ↑ +40%

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Mayo selenium at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $150.60 $25.23 – $200.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $154.80 $9.21 – $232.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $129.60 $14.04 – $183.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $129.60 $20.40 – $191.97
UPMC East Monroeville $537.60 $25.23 – $716.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $603.00 $25.23 – $69.41
UPMC Northwest Seneca $236.40 $23.15 – $27.57
UPMC Hanover Hanover $129.60 $20.40 – $191.97

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