Special supplies phys/qhp at UPMC Cole

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

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

$319.80

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.

$533.00

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.

$69.72 with UPMC Health Plan vs $437.06 with Aetna — 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $69.72 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $147.75 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $149.24 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $150.73 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $152.97 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $152.97 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $154.57 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $156.70 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $161.18 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.18 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $162.56 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $213.20 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $293.15 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $293.15 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $293.15 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $336.22 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $336.22 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $373.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $399.75 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $405.08 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $405.08 ↑ +27%
Humana Commercial $426.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $426.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $426.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $426.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $426.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $437.06 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Special supplies phys/qhp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $359.40 $25.58 – $479.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $55.20 $12.60 – $78.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $55.20 $18.40 – $159.92
UPMC Lititz Lititz $55.20 $16.50 – $69.72
UPMC Memorial York $55.20 $16.50 – $69.72
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $648.60 $25.82 – $101.17
UPMC Somerset Somerset $55.20 $25.32 – $41.76

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