Paring/cutting benign hyperkeratotic lesion single at UPMC Cole

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

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

$150.60

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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.

$251.00

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.

$8.59 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $2,094.25 with BCBS of Western NY — 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
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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 $8.59 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $8.68 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.68 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.68 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare $8.77 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $8.90 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $8.90 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.99 ↓ -94%
Cigna Medicare $9.11 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.37 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $9.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $9.46 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.40 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.00 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.70 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Commercial $23.25 ↓ -85%
InterGroup PPO $24.80 ↓ -84%
Humana Commercial $24.80 ↓ -84%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $24.80 ↓ -84%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $24.80 ↓ -84%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $24.80 ↓ -84%
Aetna Commercial $25.42 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid $27.80 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $30.16 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $42.29 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $312.03 ↑ +107%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $312.03 ↑ +107%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $379.97 ↑ +152%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $379.97 ↑ +152%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $420.50 ↑ +179%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $2,094.25 ↑ +1291%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Paring/cutting benign hyperkeratotic lesion single at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $453.00 $20.00 – $604.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $337.20 $21.00 – $505.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $288.60 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $288.60 $25.40 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $306.60 $22.00 – $408.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $570.00 $22.00 – $275.52
UPMC Northwest Seneca $453.00 $22.00 – $179.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $288.60 $25.40 – $1,016.56

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