Mr safety implant elec prepj at UPMC Cole

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

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

$167.40

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.

$279.00

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.

$77.34 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $1,977.00 with United Healthcare — 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 Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $77.34 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $77.35 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $77.35 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $78.12 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $78.12 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $78.12 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $78.90 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $80.07 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $80.07 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $80.91 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $82.03 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $84.37 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $84.37 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $85.09 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $94.19 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $94.19 ↓ -44%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.97 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $111.60 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $153.45 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $153.45 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $195.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $209.25 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $223.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $223.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $223.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $223.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $223.20 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $236.75 ↑ +41%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,977.00 ↑ +1081%

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Mr safety implant elec prepj at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $166.80 $25.32 – $222.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $168.60 $31.57 – $252.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $168.60 $38.50 – $238.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $168.60 $56.20 – $238.85
UPMC East Monroeville $168.60 $56.91 – $224.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $168.60 $76.50 – $109.08
UPMC Northwest Seneca $168.60 $65.71 – $101.97
UPMC Hanover Hanover $168.60 $86.81 – $140.30

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