Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$640.80

Cash price

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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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$1,068.00

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.

$40.81 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,368.75 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $40.81 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.76 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $44.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $48.59 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.03 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.64 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $58.62 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.68 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.24 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $101.54 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $103.78 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $242.71 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $277.94 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $281.43 ↓ -56%
Aetna Medicare $289.87 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $290.49 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Medicare $301.13 ↓ -53%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $303.92 ↓ -53%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $303.94 ↓ -53%
Cigna Medicare $303.94 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $303.94 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $342.40 ↓ -47%
Cigna EBR $427.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $427.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $427.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $523.32 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $587.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $662.16 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $680.32 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $694.20 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $694.20 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $694.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $694.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $694.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $747.60 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $754.94 ↑ +18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $854.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $961.20 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $961.20 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $961.20 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $961.20 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,368.75 ↑ +114%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $215.40 $14.14 – $103.78
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $401.40 $49.36 – $1,368.75
UPMC Hanover Hanover $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $449.40 $42.76 – $303.94
UPMC Kane Kane $238.80 $42.76 – $268.46
UPMC Lititz Lititz $401.40 $49.36 – $1,016.56
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $474.60 $42.76 – $303.94

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