Cath council tip 16fr 5cc at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$27.00

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.

$45.00

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.

$2.85 with Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) vs $92.26 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2.85 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $3.75 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4.95 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4.95 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.07 ↓ -81%
Cigna EBR $6.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial $6.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna EBR ASO $6.00 ↓ -78%
Aetna EBR FI $7.35 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $7.50 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.10 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $8.25 ↓ -69%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $9.30 ↓ -66%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $9.55 ↓ -65%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $9.75 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare All Business $9.75 ↓ -64%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $9.75 ↓ -64%
Cigna New Business ASO $9.75 ↓ -64%
InterGroup PPO $9.75 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $10.35 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $10.35 ↓ -62%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $10.50 ↓ -61%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $12.00 ↓ -56%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $13.50 ↓ -50%
SelectCare Commercial $13.50 ↓ -50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $13.50 ↓ -50%
Humana Commercial $13.50 ↓ -50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $31.77 ↑ +18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $76.16 ↑ +182%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $92.26 ↑ +242%

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Cath council tip 16fr 5cc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $40.80 $2.47 – $76.16
UPMC East Monroeville $138.60 $2.00 – $76.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $130.20 $31.77 – $92.16
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $75.00 $31.77 – $76.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $75.00 $11.66 – $76.16
UPMC Kane Kane $9.00 $31.77 – $78.12
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $155.40 $12.83 – $76.16
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $63.60 $12.83 – $76.16

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