Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$4,327.80

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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$7,213.00

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.

$184.59 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $6,491.70 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 $184.59 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $193.38 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $202.17 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $219.75 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $244.34 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $260.71 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $265.11 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $274.44 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $299.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $760.44 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,268.19 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,268.23 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,023.84 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,299.30 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,493.18 ↓ -42%
Cigna EBR $2,885.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,885.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,885.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,031.39 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,515.06 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $3,534.37 ↓ -18%
Aetna Medicare $3,620.51 ↓ -16%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,628.24 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,761.11 ↓ -13%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,795.91 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,796.26 ↓ -12%
Cigna Medicare $3,796.26 ↓ -12%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,796.26 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3,967.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,472.06 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,594.68 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,688.45 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $4,688.45 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $4,688.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,688.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,688.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,049.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,770.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,491.70 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $6,491.70 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,491.70 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $6,491.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bronchoscopy/lung bx each 31628 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,372.20 $175.80 – $1,829.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $4,452.00 $237.33 – $6,307.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $4,871.40 $193.38 – $5,112.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $4,452.00 $223.27 – $5,635.42
UPMC Jameson New Castle $3,435.00 $193.38 – $4,745.33
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $5,634.60 $193.38 – $3,796.26
UPMC Memorial York $4,452.00 $223.27 – $5,656.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,829.40 $193.38 – $3,866.57

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