Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$117.00
Cash price 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.
$195.00
Gross charge 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.
$24.39 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $191.63 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $24.39 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $24.64 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $24.64 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $24.64 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare | $24.89 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $25.26 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $25.26 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $25.52 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $25.87 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $26.61 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $26.61 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $26.84 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $35.20 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $61.60 | ↓ -47% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $66.00 | ↓ -44% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $70.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Commercial | $70.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $70.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $70.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $70.40 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $72.16 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $75.38 | ↓ -36% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $94.92 | ↓ -19% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $99.78 | ↓ -15% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $108.26 | ↓ -7% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $122.34 | ↑ +5% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $128.09 | ↑ +9% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $157.38 | ↑ +35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $157.38 | ↑ +35% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $168.00 | ↑ +44% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $189.39 | ↑ +62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $191.63 | ↑ +64% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $191.63 | ↑ +64% |
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Nerve conduction studies 1-2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $325.20 | $31.48 – $433.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $334.80 | $53.82 – $502.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $177.60 | $40.55 – $251.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $177.60 | $41.24 – $251.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $229.20 | $33.55 – $205.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $209.40 | $78.97 – $156.63 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $177.60 | $41.24 – $239.15 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $209.40 | $78.97 – $161.10 |