Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at UPMC Bedford

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Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published unknown · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$28.20

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.

$47.00

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.

$0.67 with UPMC Health Plan vs $42.30 with SelectCare — 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.41 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2.81 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $6.71 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.69 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $7.78 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $8.01 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.03 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare $8.32 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.40 ↓ -70%
Cigna Medicare $8.40 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.40 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.40 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $12.32 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $15.18 ↓ -46%
Cigna EBR $18.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $18.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $18.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $23.03 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $25.85 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $25.85 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $29.14 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $29.94 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $30.55 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $30.55 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30.55 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $30.55 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $30.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $32.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $37.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $42.30 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $42.30 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $42.30 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $42.30 ↑ +50%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $2.41 – $201.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $39.60 $2.41 – $52.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC East Monroeville $34.20 $0.66 – $45.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.20 $1.20 – $8.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $15.00 $0.67 – $8.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $40.20 $2.41 – $12.45

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