Treat thigh 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

$1,621.80

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.

$2,703.00

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.

$749.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $10,697.12 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $749.27 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $756.84 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $756.84 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $764.41 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $775.76 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $775.76 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $783.87 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $794.68 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $817.39 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $817.39 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $824.41 ↓ -49%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $1,041.88 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1,081.20 ↓ -33%
Geisinger Medicaid $1,486.65 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,486.65 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,892.10 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $2,027.25 ↑ +25%
Humana Commercial $2,162.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $2,162.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $2,162.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $2,162.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $2,162.40 ↑ +33%
Aetna Commercial $2,216.46 ↑ +37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3,035.14 ↑ +87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $5,291.42 ↑ +226%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $5,291.42 ↑ +226%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $6,443.52 ↑ +297%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $6,443.52 ↑ +297%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $10,697.12 ↑ +560%

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Treat thigh fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $12,076.20 $965.12 – $3,656.49
UPMC East Monroeville not published $1,980.23 – $6,110.92
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $1,961.55 – $13,280.86
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $987.74 – $10,697.12
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville not published $3,072.65 – $5,992.49
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $904.80 – $4,316.16

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