Methacholine chloride 0.0625 mg/ml nebulization soln at UPMC Cole

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

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

$88.20

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.

$147.00

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.

$0.95 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $120.54 with Aetna — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $0.95 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $0.95 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $0.95 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $0.95 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1.00 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $1.75 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $1.75 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1.75 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid $1.75 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.75 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1.93 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $40.75 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $41.16 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $41.16 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $41.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $41.57 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare $43.22 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $44.45 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $44.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $44.84 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.86 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $102.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $110.25 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $117.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $117.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $117.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $117.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $117.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $120.54 ↑ +37%

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Methacholine chloride 0.0625 mg/ml nebulization soln at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $230.40 $0.84 – $4.83
UPMC Hamot Erie $261.00 $0.87 – $2.34
UPMC Northwest Seneca $255.60 $1.11 – $2.27
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $235.20 $1.00 – $2.23
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $627.00 $0.88 – $1.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $463.20 $1.75 – $1.93
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $255.60 $0.88 – $1.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $0.88 – $1.75

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