MRA ext low(run-off)pst cntrst at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,536.60

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.

$2,561.00

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.

$399.35 with BCBS of Western NY vs $2,048.80 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 $399.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna Commercial $701.19 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $709.91 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $717.08 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $717.08 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $717.08 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $724.25 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $735.01 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $735.01 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $742.69 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $752.93 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $774.45 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $774.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $781.11 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,024.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,154.37 ↓ -25%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,408.55 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,408.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,427.32 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,427.32 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,738.05 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,738.05 ↑ +13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,792.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,845.54 ↑ +20%
Geisinger Commercial $1,920.75 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,977.00 ↑ +29%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $2,048.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,048.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,048.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,048.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,048.80 ↑ +33%

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MRA ext low(run-off)pst cntrst at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Kane Kane $4,116.00 $1,084.70 – $1,359.01
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,661.00 $586.63 – $1,468.28
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,049.60 $435.20 – $1,154.37
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $734.50 $231.18 – $1,476.08

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