Warde zinc at UPMC Cole

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

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

$54.60

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.

$91.00

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.

$7.40 with BCBS of Western NY vs $72.80 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 $7.40 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.26 ↓ -79%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $13.91 ↓ -75%
Aetna Commercial $17.09 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid $18.42 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.98 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $22.58 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $25.23 ↓ -54%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $25.48 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $25.48 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.48 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $25.73 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $26.12 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $26.12 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.39 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $26.75 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $27.52 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.52 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $27.75 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $36.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $52.79 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $52.79 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.00 ↓ -3%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $63.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $64.29 ↑ +18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $64.29 ↑ +18%
Geisinger Commercial $68.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $71.18 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $72.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $72.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $72.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $72.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup PPO $72.80 ↑ +33%

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Warde zinc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $11.26 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $66.60 $4.11 – $99.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $57.60 $11.28 – $81.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $57.60 $11.28 – $81.60
UPMC East Monroeville $169.20 $11.26 – $225.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $180.00 $11.26 – $22.03
UPMC Northwest Seneca $62.40 $10.33 – $15.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $57.60 $11.28 – $18.22

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