X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth bilateral at UPMC Cole

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

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

$150.60

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$251.00

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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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$28.88 with Aetna vs $273.24 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 $28.88 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid $38.22 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.47 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.87 ↓ -69%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $49.32 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $69.58 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $70.28 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $70.28 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.28 ↓ -53%
Humana Medicare $70.98 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $72.04 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $72.04 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $72.79 ↓ -52%
Cigna Medicare $73.79 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $75.90 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $75.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $76.56 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.90 ↓ -32%
Aetna Commercial $108.54 ↓ -28%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $150.02 ↓ -0%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $175.70 ↑ +17%
United Healthcare Commercial $175.70 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Commercial $188.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup PPO $200.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $200.80 ↑ +33%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $200.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $200.80 ↑ +33%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $200.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $224.39 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $224.39 ↑ +49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $273.24 ↑ +81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $273.24 ↑ +81%

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X-ray temporomandibular joint open/closed mouth bilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $271.80 $16.50 – $362.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $175.80 $28.88 – $263.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $21.61 – $266.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $21.61 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $30.25 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $389.40 $29.01 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $194.40 $30.25 – $104.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $188.40 $21.61 – $134.58

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