Bacterial meningitis antigen at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$46.80

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.

$78.00

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.

$4.16 with Aetna of PA vs $70.20 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.16 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.95 ↓ -79%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.40 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.54 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $11.89 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11.91 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare $12.35 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.46 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.46 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $12.46 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.46 ↓ -73%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $14.08 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $14.78 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $15.49 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $16.19 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.79 ↓ -62%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $19.57 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.88 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.98 ↓ -53%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $24.00 ↓ -49%
Cigna EBR $31.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $31.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $31.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $38.22 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $42.90 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $48.36 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $49.69 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $50.70 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $50.70 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $50.70 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $50.70 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $50.70 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $54.59 ↑ +17%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $54.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $62.40 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $63.78 ↑ +36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $67.25 ↑ +44%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $70.20 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $70.20 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $70.20 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $70.20 ↑ +50%

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Bacterial meningitis antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $11.40 – $134.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.60 $9.73 – $60.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $105.00 $7.50 – $140.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.60 $11.42 – $63.78
UPMC East Monroeville $153.00 $11.40 – $204.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $45.00 $11.40 – $19.68
UPMC Northwest Seneca $236.40 $10.47 – $16.19
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.60 $11.42 – $19.18

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