Ultrasound breast complete at UPMC Cole

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

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

$274.20

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.

$457.00

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.

$106.28 with BCBS of Western NY vs $452.56 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $106.28 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $126.68 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $127.96 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $127.96 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $127.96 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $129.24 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $131.16 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $131.16 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $132.53 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $134.36 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $138.20 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $138.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $139.38 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.97 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $182.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $210.33 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $251.35 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $251.35 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $270.00 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $319.90 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $342.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $365.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $365.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $365.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $365.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $365.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $371.65 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $371.65 ↑ +36%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $442.12 ↑ +61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $452.56 ↑ +65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $452.56 ↑ +65%

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $460.80 $45.15 – $614.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $520.80 $36.58 – $781.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $69.99 – $589.04
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $69.99 – $558.45
UPMC Hamot Erie $877.80 $45.15 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $627.00 $91.94 – $140.97
UPMC Hanover Hanover $394.20 $69.99 – $589.04
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $765.00 $87.84 – $140.97

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