Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at UPMC Cole

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

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

$6,180.00

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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.

$10,300.00

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.

$717.24 with Aetna vs $9,609.71 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $717.24 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid $949.43 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,030.10 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,164.12 ↓ -81%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,372.10 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,855.16 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,884.00 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $2,884.00 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,884.00 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $2,912.84 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $2,956.10 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $2,956.10 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2,987.00 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $3,028.20 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $3,114.72 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,114.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $3,141.50 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4,120.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,718.45 ↓ -24%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7,210.00 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $7,210.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $7,725.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $7,891.67 ↑ +28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $7,891.67 ↑ +28%
InterGroup PPO $8,240.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $8,240.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $8,240.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $8,240.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $8,240.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $8,446.00 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $9,609.71 ↑ +55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $9,609.71 ↑ +55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,077.60 $613.27 – $5,436.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,989.15
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,639.40 $803.38 – $10,683.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Kane Kane $4,480.80 $751.40 – $5,997.30
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $7,773.00 $751.40 – $2,453.09
UPMC Memorial York $5,639.40 $800.00 – $7,584.17

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