Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$1,920.00

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.

$3,200.00

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.

$658.42 with Aetna of PA vs $5,934.36 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $658.42 ↓ -66%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,120.00 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $1,280.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,568.00 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,573.78 ↓ -18%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $1,622.11 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $1,703.22 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,760.00 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $1,784.32 ↓ -7%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,803.57 ↓ -6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,824.88 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $1,865.43 ↓ -3%
Aetna Medicare $1,879.63 ↓ -2%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,883.64 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,952.62 ↑ +2%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,970.69 ↑ +3%
Cigna Medicare $1,970.87 ↑ +3%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,970.87 ↑ +3%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,970.87 ↑ +3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,984.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Medicaid $2,027.64 ↑ +6%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,038.40 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,080.00 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $2,080.00 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,080.00 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,080.00 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $2,080.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,240.00 ↑ +17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,254.57 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,278.40 ↑ +19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2,405.59 ↑ +25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,532.28 ↑ +32%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,560.00 ↑ +33%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,764.40 ↑ +44%
SelectCare Commercial $2,880.00 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,880.00 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $2,880.00 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,880.00 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $4,817.22 ↑ +151%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $5,934.36 ↑ +209%

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Brcassure comprehensive panel-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,920.00 $1,120.00 – $2,560.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,920.00 $1,056.00 – $2,560.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,920.00 $1,622.11 – $2,254.57
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,920.00 $1,654.98 – $1,970.87
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,920.00 $1,622.11 – $2,808.82
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,920.00 $1,767.76 – $1,970.87
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,287.20 $1,707.91 – $2,764.40
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $1,920.00 $1,691.48 – $2,007.37

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