Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$588.60

Cash price

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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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$981.00

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.

$51.67 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $882.90 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $51.67 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $54.13 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $56.59 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $61.51 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $68.40 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $72.98 ↓ -88%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $74.21 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $76.82 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $83.86 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $177.50 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $210.56 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $248.15 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $305.69 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $392.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $392.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $392.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $480.69 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $503.29 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $539.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $583.59 ↓ -1%
Aetna Medicare $601.10 ↑ +2%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $602.38 ↑ +2%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $608.22 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Medicare $624.44 ↑ +6%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $624.90 ↑ +6%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $630.22 ↑ +7%
Cigna Medicare $630.28 ↑ +7%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $630.28 ↑ +7%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $630.28 ↑ +7%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $630.54 ↑ +7%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $637.65 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $637.65 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $637.65 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $637.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $637.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $686.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $784.80 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $852.66 ↑ +45%
Humana Commercial $882.90 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $882.90 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $882.90 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $882.90 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $613.80 $49.21 – $818.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,227.00 $62.50 – $1,738.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $87.60 $40.47 – $2,325.85
UPMC East Monroeville $823.80 $54.13 – $1,098.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $857.40 $54.13 – $848.80
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,227.00 $62.50 – $1,016.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $394.80 $54.13 – $892.40
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,227.00 $62.50 – $1,016.56

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