X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at UPMC Cole

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

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

$125.40

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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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$209.00

Gross charge

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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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$40.66 with Aetna vs $227.32 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $40.66 ↓ -68%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $46.48 ↓ -63%
Geisinger Medicaid $53.82 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $57.93 ↓ -54%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $58.39 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $58.52 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $58.52 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $58.52 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $59.11 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $59.98 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $59.98 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $60.61 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $61.45 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $63.20 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $63.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $63.74 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $65.99 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $83.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $102.89 ↓ -18%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $104.08 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $146.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $146.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $156.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $167.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $167.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $167.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $167.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $167.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $169.62 ↑ +35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $186.68 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $186.68 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $227.32 ↑ +81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $227.32 ↑ +81%

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X-ray abdomen complete acute series including spine erect and/or decubitus single view chest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $175.80 $36.58 – $263.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $31.44 – $372.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $15.60 – $169.62
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $42.59 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $335.40 $37.21 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $42.59 – $106.84
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $31.44 – $162.54
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $360.60 $40.66 – $109.49

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