Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs at UPMC Cole

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

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

$64.20

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.

$107.00

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.

$6.25 with Aetna vs $152.00 with United Healthcare — 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 Commercial $6.25 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $19.79 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $19.79 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $24.09 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $24.09 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $30.26 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $30.71 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $30.71 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.03 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $31.46 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $32.36 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $32.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $32.63 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $33.15 ↓ -48%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.80 ↓ -33%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $45.00 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $58.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $58.85 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $80.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $85.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $85.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $85.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $85.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $85.60 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $152.00 ↑ +137%

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Pt application of modality >=1 area hot/cold packs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $78.60 $16.17 – $387.00
UPMC East Monroeville $70.20 $20.59 – $93.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $64.80 $37.94 – $86.74
UPMC Lititz Lititz $78.60 $4.17 – $148.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $64.20 $4.59 – $110.73
UPMC Memorial York $70.80 $4.17 – $148.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $125.40 $20.39 – $56.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $38.40 $21.44 – $43.07

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