Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at UPMC Cole

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

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

$129.00

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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.

$215.00

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.

$46.23 with Aetna vs $212.00 with United Healthcare — 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $46.23 ↓ -64%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $54.65 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $59.60 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $60.20 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $60.20 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $60.80 ↓ -53%
Geisinger Medicaid $61.20 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $61.70 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $61.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $62.35 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $63.21 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $65.02 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $65.02 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $65.58 ↓ -49%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $66.40 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $74.61 ↓ -42%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $75.04 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $86.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $109.10 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $129.26 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $129.26 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $150.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $157.40 ↑ +22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $157.40 ↑ +22%
Geisinger Commercial $161.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $172.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $172.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $172.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $172.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $172.00 ↑ +33%
United Healthcare Commercial $212.00 ↑ +64%

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Tomosynthesis breast screen bilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $45.00 $16.19 – $60.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $45.00 $18.75 – $75.04
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $65.40 $14.93 – $128.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $65.40 $21.80 – $92.65
UPMC Hamot Erie $45.00 $16.19 – $75.04
UPMC Northwest Seneca $45.00 $42.02 – $75.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $65.40 $26.27 – $128.05
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $45.00 $31.50 – $75.04

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