Removal of anal tags at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$298.20
Cash price 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.
$497.00
Gross charge 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.
$60.38 with Aetna vs $2,325.85 with BCBS of Western NY — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $60.38 | ↓ -80% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $79.92 | ↓ -73% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $86.71 | ↓ -71% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $97.99 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $137.77 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $139.16 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $139.16 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $140.55 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $142.64 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $142.64 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $144.13 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $146.12 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $150.29 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $150.29 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $151.59 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $198.80 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $315.85 | ↑ +6% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $347.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $372.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $397.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $397.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $397.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $397.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $397.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $407.54 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $1,375.89 | ↑ +361% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $1,375.89 | ↑ +361% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $1,675.47 | ↑ +462% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $1,675.47 | ↑ +462% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $1,730.01 | ↑ +480% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $2,325.85 | ↑ +680% |
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Removal of anal tags at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $3,384.00 | $57.50 – $4,512.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $3,552.60 | $73.03 – $5,032.85 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $3,552.60 | $73.03 – $5,032.85 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $3,552.60 | $73.03 – $4,191.70 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $3,552.60 | $73.03 – $4,214.34 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $3,552.60 | $73.03 – $4,207.49 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $3,552.60 | $63.25 – $2,614.54 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $3,128.40 | $63.25 – $2,875.99 |