Warde calcitonin at UPMC Cole

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

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

$181.20

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.

$302.00

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.

$17.41 with BCBS of Western NY vs $241.60 with Multiplan — 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 $17.41 ↓ -90%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $26.47 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid $29.09 ↓ -84%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $31.56 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.67 ↓ -80%
Aetna Commercial $40.19 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $83.71 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $84.56 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $84.56 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $84.56 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $85.41 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $86.67 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $86.67 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $87.58 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $88.79 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $91.32 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $92.11 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $120.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $124.17 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $124.17 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $151.21 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $151.21 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $158.82 ↓ -12%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $211.40 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $226.50 ↑ +25%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $241.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $241.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $241.60 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $241.60 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $241.60 ↑ +33%

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Warde calcitonin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.00 $20.93 – $244.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $9.67 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $136.20 $20.93 – $192.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $136.20 $20.93 – $192.95
UPMC East Monroeville $400.80 $20.93 – $534.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $311.40 $20.93 – $51.75
UPMC Northwest Seneca $133.20 $23.02 – $28.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $136.20 $20.93 – $42.86

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