Strep b dna amp probe at UPMC Cole
1001 East Second Street, Coudersport, PA · UPMC · · NPI 110485184
$124.20
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.
$207.00
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.
$22.81 with BCBS of Western NY vs $198.05 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| BCBS of Western NY | Medicare Advantage | $22.81 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $34.68 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $41.19 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Commercial | $52.63 | ↓ -58% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $53.00 | ↓ -57% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid | $54.53 | ↓ -56% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $57.38 | ↓ -54% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $57.96 | ↓ -53% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $57.96 | ↓ -53% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $57.96 | ↓ -53% |
| Humana | Medicare | $58.54 | ↓ -53% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $59.16 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicaid | $59.41 | ↓ -52% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC) | $59.41 | ↓ -52% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $60.03 | ↓ -52% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $60.86 | ↓ -51% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP | $62.60 | ↓ -50% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $62.60 | ↓ -50% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $63.13 | ↓ -49% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $66.86 | ↓ -46% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $82.80 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $144.90 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Commercial | $155.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $162.65 | ↑ +31% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $162.65 | ↑ +31% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $165.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $165.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Galaxy Health Plan | Commercial | $165.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | Worker's Compensation | $165.60 | ↑ +33% |
| Multiplan | PPO/Auto | $165.60 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $177.35 | ↑ +43% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $198.05 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $198.05 | ↑ +59% |
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Strep b dna amp probe at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $411.60 | $34.68 – $548.80 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $406.20 | $34.68 – $541.60 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $505.80 | $31.82 – $45.11 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $318.00 | $31.42 – $65.85 |
| UPMC Jameson | New Castle | $318.00 | $34.68 – $92.76 |
| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $306.60 | $32.84 – $92.02 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $316.80 | $32.52 – $92.02 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $241.80 | $29.25 – $91.16 |