Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at UPMC Cole

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

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

$262.80

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.

$438.00

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.

$44.72 with UPMC Health Plan vs $359.16 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.

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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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.72 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $48.92 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $121.41 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $122.64 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $122.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $122.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $123.87 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $125.71 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $125.71 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $128.77 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.45 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $132.45 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $133.59 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $157.50 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $175.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $183.21 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $183.21 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $183.21 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $183.21 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Commercial $240.90 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $240.90 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $240.90 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $306.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $328.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $350.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $350.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $350.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $350.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $350.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $359.16 ↑ +37%

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Perflutren lipid microspheres 1.1 mg/ml intravenous suspension at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,221.60 $25.67 – $566.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $606.00 $25.67 – $456.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $104.40 $7.95 – $59.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $104.40 $11.60 – $229.34
UPMC East Monroeville $618.60 $25.67 – $824.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $557.40 $25.67 – $137.74
UPMC Northwest Seneca $824.40 $25.67 – $357.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $104.40 $40.65 – $59.45

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