Treat metacarpal fracture at UPMC Cole

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

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

$845.40

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.

$1,409.00

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.

$243.60 with Aetna vs $3,268.16 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $243.60 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid $322.46 ↓ -62%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $349.86 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $390.57 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $394.52 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $394.52 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $395.37 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $398.47 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $404.38 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $404.38 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $408.61 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $414.25 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $426.08 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $426.08 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $429.75 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $563.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $977.65 ↑ +16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $986.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $1,056.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $1,127.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,127.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $1,127.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $1,127.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $1,127.20 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $1,155.38 ↑ +37%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,470.59 ↑ +74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,569.28 ↑ +204%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,569.28 ↑ +204%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $3,128.69 ↑ +270%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $3,128.69 ↑ +270%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,268.16 ↑ +287%
United Healthcare Commercial not published by hospital

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Treat metacarpal fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $6,045.00 $232.00 – $8,060.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $6,345.60 $255.20 – $4,499.05
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $7,899.60 $255.20 – $3,402.68
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $243.60 – $3,340.82
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $294.64 – $4,966.18
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $313.20 – $11,127.90
UPMC East Monroeville not published $255.20 – $3,402.68
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $294.64 – $4,959.33

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