Ultrasound scrotum and contents at UPMC Cole

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

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

$249.00

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.

$415.00

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.

$77.70 with Aetna vs $465.63 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $77.70 ↓ -69%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $100.97 ↓ -59%
Geisinger Medicaid $102.85 ↓ -59%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $111.59 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $115.04 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $116.20 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $116.20 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $116.20 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $117.36 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $119.11 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $119.11 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $120.35 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $122.01 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $125.50 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $125.50 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $126.11 ↓ -49%
Aetna Medicare $126.58 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $166.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $205.11 ↓ -18%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $213.89 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Commercial $270.00 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $290.50 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $311.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $322.84 ↑ +30%
InterGroup PPO $332.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $332.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $332.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $332.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $332.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $382.39 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $382.39 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $465.63 ↑ +87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $465.63 ↑ +87%

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Ultrasound scrotum and contents at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $556.80 $44.00 – $742.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $299.40 $36.58 – $449.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $57.64 – $558.45
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $34.40 – $322.84
UPMC East Monroeville $966.00 $81.40 – $1,288.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $697.80 $74.44 – $232.72
UPMC Northwest Seneca $490.20 $81.40 – $219.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $394.20 $57.64 – $229.85

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