Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$9.60
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.
$16.00
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.
$0.65 with AmeriHealth Caritas vs $5.34 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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| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $0.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $0.65 | ↓ -93% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $0.65 | ↓ -93% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $0.65 | ↓ -93% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $0.65 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $0.71 | ↓ -93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $0.78 | ↓ -92% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $1.66 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $1.68 | ↓ -83% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $1.68 | ↓ -83% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $1.68 | ↓ -83% |
| Humana | Medicare | $1.70 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1.76 | ↓ -82% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $1.81 | ↓ -81% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $1.81 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $1.83 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $2.16 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $4.20 | ↓ -56% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $4.50 | ↓ -53% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $4.80 | ↓ -50% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $4.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $4.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Humana | Commercial | $4.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $4.80 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $4.92 | ↓ -49% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $5.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $5.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $5.34 | ↓ -44% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $5.34 | ↓ -44% |
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Sodium chloride 0.9 % IV bolus at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $29.20 | $0.03 – $13.16 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $38.60 | $0.41 – $43.20 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $78.80 | $0.03 – $20.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $121.60 | $0.03 – $5.34 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $52.20 | $0.41 – $18.67 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $55.40 | $0.41 – $18.33 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $56.00 | $0.41 – $13.39 |
| UPMC Kane | Kane | $8.40 | $0.65 – $5.34 |