Remove thyroid duct lesion at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$1,120.80
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.
$1,868.00
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.
$517.81 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $3,250.07 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.
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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| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $517.81 | ↓ -54% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $523.04 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $523.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $528.27 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $536.12 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $536.12 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $541.72 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $549.19 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $564.88 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $564.88 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $569.74 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $747.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $1,027.40 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $1,027.40 | ↓ -8% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,266.27 | ↑ +13% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,307.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,401.00 | ↑ +25% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $1,470.59 | ↑ +31% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,494.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $1,494.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,494.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $1,494.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,494.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,531.76 | ↑ +37% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,660.80 | ↑ +137% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,660.80 | ↑ +137% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,240.14 | ↑ +189% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,240.14 | ↑ +189% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $3,250.07 | ↑ +190% |
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| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| AHN WEXFORD HOSPITAL | WEXFORD | $436.28 | $64.05 – $18,623.45 |
| GROVE CITY HOSPITAL | GROVE CITY | $385.94 | $44.01 – $15,982.03 |