Prgrmg dev eval scrms ip at UPMC Cole

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

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

$52.20

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.

$87.00

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.

$24.12 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $292.88 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $24.12 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $24.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.36 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $24.36 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $24.60 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $24.97 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $24.97 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $25.23 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $25.58 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $26.31 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $26.31 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $26.54 ↓ -49%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.50 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $37.72 ↓ -28%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.93 ↓ -22%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.25 ↓ -11%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $60.90 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $60.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $65.25 ↑ +25%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $66.34 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $69.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $69.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $69.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $69.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $69.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $71.34 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.73 ↑ +39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $149.00 ↑ +185%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $149.00 ↑ +185%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $181.44 ↑ +248%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.44 ↑ +248%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $292.88 ↑ +461%

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Prgrmg dev eval scrms ip at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $179.40 $29.85 – $72.73
UPMC Jameson New Castle $201.60 $11.15 – $72.73
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $193.20 $29.85 – $72.73
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $192.00 $29.85 – $84.57
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $11.64 – $95.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $330.00 $29.85 – $72.73
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $225.00 $12.42 – $80.34
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $172.80 $12.13 – $92.28

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