Repair of ankle ligament at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$1,225.80
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.
$2,043.00
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.
$448.88 with Aetna vs $3,470.85 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 | $448.88 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $566.32 | ↓ -54% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $572.04 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $572.04 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $577.76 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $586.34 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $586.34 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $592.47 | ↓ -52% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $594.18 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $600.64 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $617.80 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $617.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $623.12 | ↓ -49% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $644.67 | ↓ -47% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $728.55 | ↓ -41% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $817.20 | ↓ -33% |
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $1,041.88 | ↓ -15% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $1,430.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $1,532.25 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,634.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $1,634.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $1,634.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $1,634.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $1,634.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $1,675.26 | ↑ +37% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2,179.03 | ↑ +78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,314.87 | ↑ +89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $2,850.26 | ↑ +133% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,850.26 | ↑ +133% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $3,470.85 | ↑ +183% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $3,470.85 | ↑ +183% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Repair of ankle ligament at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniontown Hospital | Uniontown | $2,475.17 | $7,033.14 – $16,387.22 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | not published | $427.50 – $7,355.55 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | not published | $542.92 – $10,934.13 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | not published | $577.12 – $7,519.04 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | not published | $470.25 – $7,491.76 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | not published | $470.25 – $9,905.66 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | not published | $542.92 – $10,919.06 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | not published | $470.25 – $7,491.76 |