X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at UPMC Cole

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

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

$305.40

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$509.00

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$39.38 with Aetna vs $564.04 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $39.38 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid $52.12 ↓ -83%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $56.55 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.91 ↓ -79%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $119.95 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $141.09 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare $142.52 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $142.52 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $142.52 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $143.95 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $146.08 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $146.08 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $147.61 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $149.65 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $153.92 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $153.92 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $155.25 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $172.10 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $203.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna Commercial $247.19 ↓ -19%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $256.26 ↓ -16%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $356.30 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $356.30 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $381.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $407.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $407.20 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $407.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $407.20 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $407.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $463.20 ↑ +52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $463.20 ↑ +52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $564.04 ↑ +85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $564.04 ↑ +85%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

X-ray small bowel multi serial images abdominal radiographs(s)&delayed images single contrast study at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $288.00 $22.50 – $384.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $225.00 $39.38 – $337.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $427.80 $29.48 – $606.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $427.80 $29.48 – $606.05
UPMC East Monroeville $832.80 $41.25 – $1,110.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $596.40 $41.25 – $270.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $268.20 $41.25 – $178.21
UPMC Hanover Hanover $427.80 $29.48 – $272.10

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →