Replace picvad cath at UPMC Cole

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

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

$1,663.20

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.

$2,772.00

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.

$270.99 with Aetna vs $6,155.65 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.

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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 $270.99 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid $358.72 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $389.20 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $439.84 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $768.40 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $776.16 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $776.16 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $783.92 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $795.56 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $795.56 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $803.88 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $814.97 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $838.25 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $838.25 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $845.46 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,108.80 ↓ -33%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,192.92 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,940.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $2,079.00 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,217.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,217.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $2,217.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,217.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,217.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $2,273.04 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2,707.92 ↑ +63%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $4,517.02 ↑ +172%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,055.02 ↑ +204%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,055.02 ↑ +204%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6,155.65 ↑ +270%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,155.65 ↑ +270%

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Replace picvad cath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $4,201.80 $327.77 – $5,952.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,201.80 $348.42 – $5,952.55
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,201.80 $327.77 – $4,810.90
UPMC Kane Kane $2,319.00 $283.90 – $4,805.61
UPMC Lititz Lititz $4,201.80 $327.77 – $4,836.88
UPMC Memorial York $4,201.80 $327.77 – $4,829.02
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,903.00 $283.90 – $3,300.84
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,620.60 $283.90 – $3,300.84

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