Stress test pulmonary at UPMC Cole

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

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

$40.20

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.

$67.00

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.

$18.57 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $156.07 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $18.57 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $18.76 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $18.76 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $18.76 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $18.95 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $19.23 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $19.23 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.43 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $19.70 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $20.26 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.26 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $20.43 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $28.48 ↓ -29%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $34.50 ↓ -14%
Geisinger Medicaid $37.69 ↓ -6%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.90 ↑ +2%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $43.31 ↑ +8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.22 ↑ +15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $46.90 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $46.90 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $48.73 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $48.73 ↑ +21%
Geisinger Commercial $50.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $53.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $53.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $53.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $53.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $53.60 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $54.94 ↑ +37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $59.34 ↑ +48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $59.34 ↑ +48%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $156.07 ↑ +288%

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Stress test pulmonary at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $188.40 $6.86 – $251.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $399.00 $11.34 – $565.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $399.00 $11.34 – $565.25
UPMC East Monroeville $492.00 $6.92 – $656.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $525.60 $6.86 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $281.40 $17.80 – $129.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $399.00 $11.34 – $197.02
UPMC Jameson New Castle $265.20 $6.98 – $153.61

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