Sigmoidoscopy/submucosal injection 45335 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$180.60

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.

$301.00

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.

$82.58 with Aetna vs $1,656.82 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 $82.58 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $83.44 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $84.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $84.28 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $85.12 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $86.39 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $86.39 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $87.29 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $88.49 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.02 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $91.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $91.81 ↓ -49%
Geisinger Medicaid $109.32 ↓ -39%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $118.60 ↓ -34%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $120.40 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $134.04 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $210.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $225.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $240.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $240.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $240.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $240.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $240.80 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $246.82 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $264.33 ↑ +46%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $771.51 ↑ +327%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,273.29 ↑ +605%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,273.29 ↑ +605%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,550.52 ↑ +759%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,550.52 ↑ +759%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,656.82 ↑ +817%

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Sigmoidoscopy/submucosal injection 45335 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,459.20 $78.65 – $1,945.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,209.00 $82.58 – $6,313.50
UPMC East Monroeville $2,976.60 $86.52 – $3,968.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,558.80 $86.52 – $1,264.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,907.00 $86.52 – $1,140.40
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,907.00 $86.52 – $1,173.43
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,232.00 $86.52 – $938.75
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,889.00 $86.52 – $956.13

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