Muscle test larynx at UPMC Cole

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

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

$231.00

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.

$385.00

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.

$87.24 with Aetna vs $478.30 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $87.24 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $106.72 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $107.80 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $107.80 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $107.80 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $108.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $110.50 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $110.50 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $111.65 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $113.19 ↓ -51%
Geisinger Medicaid $115.49 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $116.42 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $116.42 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $117.42 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $125.30 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $141.60 ↓ -39%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $152.13 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $154.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $188.68 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $269.50 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $269.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $286.91 ↑ +24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $286.91 ↑ +24%
Geisinger Commercial $288.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $308.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $308.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $308.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $308.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $308.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $315.70 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $349.36 ↑ +51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $349.36 ↑ +51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $478.30 ↑ +107%

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Muscle test larynx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $324.60 $17.86 – $432.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $327.60 $44.34 – $491.40
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UPMC Hanover Hanover $222.60 $23.40 – $197.46
UPMC Jameson New Castle $276.00 $20.54 – $188.68

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