X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) at UPMC Cole

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

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

$118.80

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.

$198.00

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.

$8.32 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $150.83 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.32 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.40 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $8.40 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.40 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare $8.48 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC) $8.61 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicaid $8.61 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.70 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $8.82 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP $9.07 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.07 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $9.15 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.00 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $16.50 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $21.00 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Commercial $22.50 ↓ -81%
InterGroup PPO $24.00 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial $24.00 ↓ -80%
Galaxy Health Plan Commercial $24.00 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Worker's Compensation $24.00 ↓ -80%
Multiplan PPO/Auto $24.00 ↓ -80%
BCBS of Western NY Medicare Advantage $27.58 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.81 ↓ -56%
Aetna Commercial $59.38 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $72.52 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $123.87 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $123.87 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Commercial $138.60 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $150.83 ↑ +27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $150.83 ↑ +27%

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X-ray toe(s) > 2 views (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $26.62 – $160.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $100.20 $20.22 – $150.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $188.40 $11.79 – $419.44
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $188.40 $11.79 – $266.90
UPMC East Monroeville $436.20 $19.95 – $581.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $221.40 $15.32 – $118.50
UPMC Northwest Seneca $93.60 $20.13 – $90.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $188.40 $11.79 – $419.44

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