Troponin quantitative at UPMC Cole

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

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

$82.80

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.

$138.00

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.

$8.11 with BCBS of Western NY vs $110.40 with InterGroup — 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 $8.11 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $10.36 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.32 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $13.72 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14.88 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.82 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial $18.70 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $38.25 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $38.64 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $38.64 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $39.03 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $39.61 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $39.61 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.02 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $40.57 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $41.73 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $41.73 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $42.09 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $57.51 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $57.80 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $57.80 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $70.38 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $70.38 ↓ -15%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $96.60 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $103.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $110.40 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $110.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $110.40 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $110.40 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $110.40 ↑ +33%

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Troponin quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $57.00 $9.87 – $76.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $4.50 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $63.60 $9.87 – $90.10
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $63.60 $9.87 – $90.10
UPMC East Monroeville $178.80 $9.87 – $238.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $83.40 $9.87 – $23.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $114.60 $10.86 – $13.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $63.60 $9.87 – $19.95

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