Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at UPMC Cole

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

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

$609.00

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.

$1,015.00

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.

$39.80 with BCBS of Western NY vs $832.30 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
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $39.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $48.83 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid $64.63 ↓ -89%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $70.12 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $79.25 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $141.67 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $148.96 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $148.96 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $158.82 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $181.39 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $181.39 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $281.36 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $284.20 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $284.20 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $284.20 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $287.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $291.31 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $291.31 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $294.35 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $298.41 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $306.94 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $306.94 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $309.57 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $406.00 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Commercial $710.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $710.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $761.25 ↑ +25%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $812.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $812.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $812.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $812.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $812.00 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $832.30 ↑ +37%

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Test stress cardiovascular tracing only at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $759.00 $46.50 – $1,012.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $390.00 $48.83 – $585.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $953.40 $59.05 – $1,350.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $953.40 $59.05 – $470.05
UPMC East Monroeville $253.20 $49.35 – $337.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,861.80 $48.89 – $375.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $665.40 $51.15 – $311.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $953.40 $59.05 – $475.97

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