Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at UPMC Cole

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

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

$183.00

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.

$305.00

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.

$61.51 with Aetna vs $280.17 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $61.51 ↓ -66%
Geisinger Medicaid $81.42 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $84.55 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $85.40 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $85.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $85.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $86.25 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $87.53 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $87.53 ↓ -52%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $88.34 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $88.45 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $89.67 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $92.23 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $92.23 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $93.03 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $99.83 ↓ -45%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $119.64 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $122.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $153.32 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $193.59 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $193.59 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $213.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $213.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $228.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $235.73 ↑ +29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $235.73 ↑ +29%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $244.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $244.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $244.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $244.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $244.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $250.10 ↑ +37%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $280.17 ↑ +53%

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Prgrmg eval implantable dfb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $379.80 $16.63 – $506.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $585.60 $41.03 – $153.32
UPMC Jameson New Castle $332.40 $19.12 – $153.32
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $318.00 $33.27 – $153.32
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $183.60 $29.63 – $171.31
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.80 $33.04 – $178.28
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $649.80 $19.96 – $199.20
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $316.80 $30.69 – $153.32

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