Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at UPMC Bedford

10455 Lincoln Highway, Everett, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1295724193

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

$105.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$6.75 with Aetna vs $111.32 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $6.75 ↓ -94%
Aetna EBR ASO $10.80 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $10.80 ↓ -90%
Cigna EBR $10.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR FI $13.23 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.50 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $14.85 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $14.85 ↓ -86%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $16.74 ↓ -84%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $17.20 ↓ -84%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $17.55 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare All Business $17.55 ↓ -83%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $17.55 ↓ -83%
Cigna New Business ASO $17.55 ↓ -83%
InterGroup PPO $17.55 ↓ -83%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $18.90 ↓ -82%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $21.60 ↓ -79%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $24.30 ↓ -77%
Humana Commercial $24.30 ↓ -77%
SelectCare Commercial $24.30 ↓ -77%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $24.30 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $37.91 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $80.83 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $91.90 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $99.57 ↓ -5%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $111.32 ↑ +6%

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Alginate drsg >16 <=48 sq in at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $161.40 $5.00 – $91.90
UPMC East Monroeville $118.20 $2.50 – $91.90
UPMC Hamot Erie $141.00 $29.15 – $37.91
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $37.91 – $111.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $141.00 $37.91 – $91.90
UPMC Jameson New Castle $118.20 $14.08 – $91.90
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $133.20 $15.49 – $91.90
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $96.00 $15.49 – $91.90

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