Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$3,913.20

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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$6,522.00

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.

$70.80 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $5,869.80 with Health Coalition Partners — 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 $70.80 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.17 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $77.54 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $84.29 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $93.72 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.00 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $101.68 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $105.26 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $114.91 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $308.86 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $557.33 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $945.73 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,332.15 ↓ -66%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,511.46 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,544.70 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $1,591.04 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,594.44 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,652.83 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -57%
Cigna Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,714.66 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,861.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna EBR $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,195.78 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3,587.10 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,043.64 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,154.51 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,565.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,217.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,237.80 $67.43 – $1,650.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,461.20 $85.64 – $3,486.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $144.60 $66.81 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,461.20 $91.03 – $3,486.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,519.80 $74.17 – $2,026.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,313.60 $74.17 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,741.80 $74.17 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,461.20 $85.64 – $2,476.51

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