X-ray abdomen 2 views at UPMC Cole

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

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

$110.40

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.

$184.00

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.

$27.11 with Aetna vs $462.39 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $27.11 ↓ -75%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $34.50 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid $35.89 ↓ -67%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $38.94 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.25 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $44.00 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $51.00 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $51.52 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $51.52 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $51.52 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $52.04 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $52.81 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $52.81 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $53.36 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $54.10 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $55.64 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.64 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $56.12 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $73.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $76.12 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Commercial $128.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $128.80 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $138.00 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $139.99 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $139.99 ↑ +27%
InterGroup PPO $147.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $147.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $147.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $147.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $147.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $170.47 ↑ +54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $170.47 ↑ +54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $462.39 ↑ +319%

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X-ray abdomen 2 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $273.60 $13.05 – $364.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $149.40 $27.11 – $224.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $21.59 – $372.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $9.20 – $462.39
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $13.17 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $257.40 $13.05 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.00 $28.40 – $106.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $21.59 – $162.54

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