Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$858.60

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$1,431.00

Gross charge

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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.

$187.65 with Aetna vs $1,305.13 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $187.65 ↓ -78%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $241.66 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid $248.39 ↓ -71%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $269.49 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $304.56 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $318.84 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $396.67 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $400.68 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $400.68 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $400.68 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $404.69 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $410.70 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $410.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $414.99 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $420.71 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $432.73 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $432.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna Commercial $435.11 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $436.45 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $572.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $796.77 ↓ -7%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,001.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,001.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,071.80 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,071.80 ↑ +25%
Geisinger Commercial $1,073.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,144.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,144.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,144.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,144.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,305.13 ↑ +52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,305.13 ↑ +52%

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Nm imaging thyroid single/multiple uptake(s) quantitative measurement(s) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $456.60 $101.42 – $608.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,228.80 $209.55 – $1,740.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,228.80 $209.55 – $1,740.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,364.40 $101.42 – $546.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,193.40 $196.58 – $402.25
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,228.80 $209.55 – $614.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,193.40 $196.58 – $413.75
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,193.40 $103.21 – $478.88

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