T4 (thyroxine) free at UPMC Cole

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

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

$64.20

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.

$107.00

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.

$5.86 with BCBS of Western NY vs $85.60 with Multiplan — 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 $5.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.40 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.91 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid $11.12 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $12.06 ↓ -81%
Aetna Commercial $13.53 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.66 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $30.26 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $30.71 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $30.71 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $31.03 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $31.46 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $32.36 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $32.36 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $32.63 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $41.81 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $41.81 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $50.91 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $50.91 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $58.35 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $74.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $80.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $85.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $85.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $85.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $85.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $85.60 ↑ +33%

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T4 (thyroxine) free at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $121.80 $8.00 – $162.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $49.80 $3.25 – $74.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $45.60 $8.00 – $64.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $45.60 $8.00 – $58.35
UPMC East Monroeville $136.20 $8.00 – $181.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $379.80 $8.00 – $17.44
UPMC Northwest Seneca $42.00 $8.18 – $9.74
UPMC Hanover Hanover $45.60 $8.00 – $14.43

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