Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at UPMC Cole

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

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

$528.00

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.

$880.00

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.

$243.94 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $721.60 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $243.94 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $246.40 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $246.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $246.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $248.86 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $252.56 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $252.56 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $255.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $258.72 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $266.11 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $266.11 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $268.40 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $352.00 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $484.00 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $484.00 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $555.10 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $555.10 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $616.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $660.00 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $668.53 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $668.80 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $668.80 ↑ +27%
Humana Commercial $704.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $704.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $704.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $704.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $704.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $721.60 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m sestamibi p study dose at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $446.40 $226.22 – $1,351.74
UPMC Bedford Everett $652.80 $272.00 – $979.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $201.00 $45.90 – $284.75
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $610.80 $67.00 – $668.53
UPMC East Monroeville $1,290.00 $228.37 – $1,720.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $498.60 $51.00 – $1,226.71
UPMC Northwest Seneca $725.40 $587.12 – $808.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $201.00 $133.82 – $668.53

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