Passy muir valve metal trach at UPMC Cole

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

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

$484.20

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.

$807.00

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.

$153.33 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $991.27 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $153.33 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $222.54 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $223.70 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $225.96 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $225.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $225.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $228.22 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $231.61 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $231.61 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $237.26 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $244.04 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $244.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $246.13 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $266.31 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $290.52 ↓ -40%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $443.85 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $443.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $478.80 ↓ -1%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $500.34 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $564.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $605.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $645.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $645.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $645.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $645.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $645.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $661.74 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $814.03 ↑ +68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $814.03 ↑ +68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $991.27 ↑ +105%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $991.27 ↑ +105%

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Passy muir valve metal trach at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $289.80 $91.77 – $478.80
UPMC East Monroeville $1,273.20 $157.36 – $1,697.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $367.20 $155.88 – $222.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca $346.20 $222.54 – $579.39
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $304.20 $78.21 – $478.80
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $198.60 $78.21 – $478.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $155.88 – $378.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $289.80 $96.00 – $238.07

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