Off/op consltj new/est hi 55 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$655.20

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.

$1,092.00

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.

$168.00 with United Healthcare vs $1,054.48 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.

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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
United Healthcare Commercial $168.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $169.37 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $171.08 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $171.08 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare $172.79 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $175.36 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $175.36 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $177.19 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $179.63 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $184.77 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $184.77 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $186.35 ↓ -72%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $235.51 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $244.40 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare $305.76 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicaid $336.05 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $336.05 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $348.71 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $425.60 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $427.70 ↓ -35%
Geisinger Commercial $458.25 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $488.80 ↓ -25%
Humana Commercial $488.80 ↓ -25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $488.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $488.80 ↓ -25%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $488.80 ↓ -25%
Aetna Commercial $501.02 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $866.00 ↑ +32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $866.00 ↑ +32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,054.48 ↑ +61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,054.48 ↑ +61%

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Off/op consltj new/est hi 55 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $659.40 $108.80 – $753.18
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,018.80 $142.11 – $406.72
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,681.60 $142.11 – $448.53
UPMC Somerset Somerset $659.40 $26.11 – $348.71
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $333.00 $181.72 – $348.71

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