Nsl/sins ndsc sphn tiss rmvl at UPMC Cole

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

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

$729.60

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.

$1,216.00

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.

$337.08 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,082.18 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $337.08 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $340.48 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $340.48 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $343.88 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $348.99 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $348.99 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $352.64 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $357.50 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $367.72 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $367.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $370.88 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $486.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $614.64 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $668.80 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $668.80 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $851.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $912.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $972.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $972.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $972.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $972.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $972.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $997.12 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,192.92 ↑ +64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,094.85 ↑ +187%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,094.85 ↑ +187%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,550.96 ↑ +250%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,550.96 ↑ +250%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,082.18 ↑ +322%

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Nsl/sins ndsc sphn tiss rmvl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,120.25 $6,840.49 – $15,938.34
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $303.13 – $7,127.72
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $643.23 – $15,488.55
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $303.13 – $9,598.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $643.23 – $10,580.86
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $300.07 – $7,127.06
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg not published $970.00 – $31,837.11
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