Pet CT whole body initial at UPMC Cole

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

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

$8,079.60

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.

$13,466.00

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.

$1,375.10 with Aetna vs $11,042.12 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $1,375.10 ↓ -83%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,419.77 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,820.24 ↓ -77%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,974.91 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,231.85 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,913.12 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,732.78 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,770.48 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,770.48 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,770.48 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $3,808.18 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $3,864.74 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $3,864.74 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3,905.14 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $3,959.00 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4,072.12 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $4,072.12 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $4,107.13 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5,386.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $9,033.84 ↑ +12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $9,033.84 ↑ +12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9,426.20 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $9,426.20 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $10,099.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $10,772.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $10,772.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $10,772.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $10,772.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $10,772.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $11,000.53 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $11,000.53 ↑ +36%
Aetna Commercial $11,042.12 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Pet CT whole body initial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,894.60 $1,207.25 – $9,192.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,989.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,639.40 $1,581.50 – $18,069.18
UPMC Northwest Seneca $12,895.20 $808.81 – $1,506.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $10,151.40 $811.41 – $2,609.44
UPMC Kane Kane $6,019.80 $1,440.58 – $6,865.29
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17

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