X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 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

$155.40

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$259.00

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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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$31.52 with Aetna vs $422.86 with UPMC Health Plan — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $31.52 ↓ -80%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $38.18 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid $41.72 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $45.27 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $50.22 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $51.16 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $71.79 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $72.52 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $72.52 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $72.52 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $73.25 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $74.33 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $74.33 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $75.11 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $76.15 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $78.32 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $78.32 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $79.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Commercial $84.83 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $103.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $165.15 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $165.15 ↑ +6%
United Healthcare Commercial $181.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $181.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $194.25 ↑ +25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $201.11 ↑ +29%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $201.11 ↑ +29%
InterGroup PPO $207.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $207.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $207.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $207.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $207.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $422.86 ↑ +172%

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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral 2 views at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $273.60 $18.14 – $364.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $298.20 $31.52 – $447.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $27.21 – $372.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $27.21 – $422.86
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $18.31 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $712.20 $18.14 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.00 $33.02 – $106.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $27.21 – $162.54

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