Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$298.80
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.
$498.00
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.
$0.08 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $204.18 with Aetna — 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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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $0.08 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $0.09 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $0.41 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $69.02 | ↓ -77% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $69.72 | ↓ -77% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $69.72 | ↓ -77% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $69.72 | ↓ -77% |
| Humana | Medicare | $70.42 | ↓ -76% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $73.21 | ↓ -75% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $75.30 | ↓ -75% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $75.30 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $75.94 | ↓ -75% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $89.54 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $174.30 | ↓ -42% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $186.75 | ↓ -38% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $199.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $204.18 | ↓ -32% |
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Oxaliplatin 5 mg/ml desensitization at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $53.80 | $0.05 – $53.60 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $58.80 | $0.05 – $78.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $40.80 | $0.05 – $24.31 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $38.40 | $0.05 – $23.88 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $46.80 | $0.05 – $17.71 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $59.40 | $0.05 – $17.55 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,965.00 | $0.08 – $0.09 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $58.80 | $0.05 – $17.71 |