Ventilator each subsequent day at UPMC Cole

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

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

$288.00

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.

$480.00

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.

$68.11 with BCBS of Western NY vs $393.60 with Aetna — 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 $68.11 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $94.69 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $133.06 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $134.40 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $134.40 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $134.40 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $135.74 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $137.76 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $137.76 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $139.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $141.12 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $145.15 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $145.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $146.40 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $192.00 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $264.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid $264.00 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $276.55 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $276.55 ↓ -4%
United Healthcare Commercial $336.00 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $336.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $336.75 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $336.75 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $360.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $384.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $384.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $384.00 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $384.00 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $384.00 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $387.97 ↑ +35%
Aetna Commercial $393.60 ↑ +37%

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Ventilator each subsequent day at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $629.40 $94.69 – $839.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $845.40 $94.69 – $1,268.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,585.80 $62.59 – $2,246.55
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,585.80 $62.59 – $2,246.55
UPMC East Monroeville $574.80 $94.69 – $766.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,143.60 $94.69 – $785.61
UPMC Northwest Seneca $428.40 $94.69 – $680.70
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,585.80 $62.59 – $1,010.48

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