Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$10.20

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.

$12.75

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.

$0.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $9.90 with Private Health Care Systems — 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.50 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $0.80 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $0.80 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.80 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.80 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $0.89 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $0.97 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.98 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $1.21 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare All Business $2.43 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2.43 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $2.75 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.19 ↓ -69%
Cigna EBR $4.40 ↓ -57%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.40 ↓ -57%
Cigna Commercial $4.40 ↓ -57%
Aetna EBR FI $5.39 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.50 ↓ -46%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6.82 ↓ -33%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7.01 ↓ -31%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $7.15 ↓ -30%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7.15 ↓ -30%
Cigna New Business ASO $7.15 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $7.15 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $7.37 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7.70 ↓ -25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $8.80 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $9.08 ↓ -11%
SelectCare Commercial $9.90 ↓ -3%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $9.90 ↓ -3%
Humana Commercial $9.90 ↓ -3%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.90 ↓ -3%

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Cefazolin 10 mg/10 ml (dilution #2) IV desensitization - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $19.20 $0.50 – $8.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $8.40 $0.14 – $1.07
UPMC Cole Coudersport $13.20 $0.80 – $5.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $8.40 $0.20 – $4.43
UPMC East Monroeville $16.40 $0.50 – $8.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $46.40 $0.50 – $2.28
UPMC Northwest Seneca $20.80 $0.50 – $6.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $8.40 $0.80 – $1.07

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