Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$334.40

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.

$418.00

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.

$0.22 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $134.56 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $0.22 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicaid $0.27 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $36.00 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare All Business $37.86 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $37.86 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.82 ↓ -87%
Cigna EBR $57.60 ↓ -83%
Cigna Commercial $57.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR ASO $57.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna EBR FI $70.56 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $72.00 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $79.20 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $79.20 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $87.86 ↓ -74%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $89.28 ↓ -73%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $91.73 ↓ -73%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $93.60 ↓ -72%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $93.60 ↓ -72%
Cigna New Business ASO $93.60 ↓ -72%
InterGroup PPO $93.60 ↓ -72%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.80 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $106.44 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $109.23 ↓ -67%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $115.20 ↓ -66%
SelectCare Commercial $129.60 ↓ -61%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $129.60 ↓ -61%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $129.60 ↓ -61%
Humana Commercial $129.60 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $134.56 ↓ -60%

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Azithromycin dihydrate, oral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $76.40 $5.58 – $87.86
UPMC East Monroeville $235.20 $12.62 – $128.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $150.40 $0.22 – $34.77
UPMC Northwest Seneca $225.60 $102.23 – $106.32
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $150.40 $0.22 – $100.38
UPMC Jameson New Castle $101.60 $8.62 – $87.86
UPMC Kane Kane $85.20 $20.82 – $64.70
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $202.80 $0.24 – $87.86

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