Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$142.80
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.
$238.00
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.
$29.66 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $273.28 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.
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 | $29.66 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $29.96 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $29.96 | ↓ -79% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $29.96 | ↓ -79% |
| Humana | Medicare | $30.26 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $30.71 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $30.71 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $31.03 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $31.46 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $32.36 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $32.36 | ↓ -77% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $32.63 | ↓ -77% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $42.80 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $74.90 | ↓ -48% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $80.25 | ↓ -44% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $85.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Humana | Commercial | $85.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $85.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $85.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $85.60 | ↓ -40% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $87.74 | ↓ -39% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $93.03 | ↓ -35% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $118.49 | ↓ -17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $123.15 | ↓ -14% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $133.61 | ↓ -6% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $150.99 | ↑ +6% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $158.06 | ↑ +11% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $168.00 | ↑ +18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $194.96 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $194.96 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $237.40 | ↑ +66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $237.40 | ↑ +66% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $273.28 | ↑ +91% |
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Nerve conduction studies 3-4 at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $364.80 | $37.94 – $486.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $324.60 | $93.03 – $486.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $177.60 | $40.55 – $476.62 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $177.60 | $49.70 – $327.76 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $711.60 | $40.45 – $375.76 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $415.20 | $97.46 – $311.72 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $177.60 | $49.70 – $475.97 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $622.20 | $97.46 – $320.63 |