Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at UPMC Cole

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

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

$307.80

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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.

$513.00

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.

$19.23 with BCBS of Western NY vs $401.24 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $19.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.00 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $22.45 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.68 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $22.68 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $22.91 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $23.25 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $23.25 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.49 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $23.81 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $24.49 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $24.49 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $24.70 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $27.80 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $30.16 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.40 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.08 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $56.70 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Commercial $60.75 ↓ -80%
InterGroup PPO $64.80 ↓ -79%
Humana Commercial $64.80 ↓ -79%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $64.80 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $64.80 ↓ -79%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $64.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna Commercial $66.42 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $75.17 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $124.44 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $124.44 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare $143.64 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $151.54 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $151.54 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $401.24 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Strapping of ankle and/or ft 29540 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $816.00 $21.00 – $1,224.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $25.40 – $737.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $25.40 – $737.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $25.40 – $241.18
UPMC Lititz Lititz $520.80 $25.40 – $242.48
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $640.20 $22.00 – $162.46
UPMC Memorial York $520.80 $25.40 – $242.08
UPMC Muncy Muncy $315.60 $22.00 – $86.62

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