Repair tendon extensor foot 1/2 each tendon at UPMC Cole

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

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

$580.80

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.

$968.00

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.

$249.90 with Aetna vs $2,636.09 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 $249.90 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $268.33 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $271.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $271.04 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $273.75 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $277.82 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $277.82 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $280.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $284.59 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $292.72 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $292.72 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $295.24 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $330.80 ↓ -43%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $358.90 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $387.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $405.60 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $677.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $726.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $774.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $774.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $774.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $774.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $774.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $793.76 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $860.43 ↑ +48%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,192.92 ↑ +105%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,128.40 ↑ +266%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,128.40 ↑ +266%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,591.82 ↑ +346%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,591.82 ↑ +346%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,636.09 ↑ +354%

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Repair tendon extensor foot 1/2 each tendon at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $5,245.20 $249.90 – $7,867.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $9,012.00 $302.26 – $12,767.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,012.00 $302.26 – $12,767.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,998.60 $261.80 – $4,499.05
UPMC Hanover Hanover $9,012.00 $302.26 – $4,959.33
UPMC Lititz Lititz $9,012.00 $302.26 – $4,986.11
UPMC Memorial York $9,012.00 $302.26 – $4,978.02
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,561.20 $261.80 – $3,402.68

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