Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$189.00

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$315.00

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.

$31.08 with UPMC Work Partners vs $283.50 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $31.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $44.34 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $89.45 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $98.76 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $105.98 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $120.96 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $121.67 ↓ -36%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.89 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $126.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare $126.58 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $126.85 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Medicare $131.49 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -30%
Cigna Medicare $132.72 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -30%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -30%
Aetna EBR FI $154.35 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $173.25 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $173.25 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $173.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $195.30 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $200.66 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $204.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $204.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $204.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $204.75 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $204.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $220.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $252.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $283.50 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $283.50 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $283.50 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $283.50 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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Collection blood specimen from completely implantable venous access device at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $50.40 $31.08 – $132.72
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $155.40 $32.53 – $220.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $71.40 $31.08 – $98.03
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $155.40 $32.53 – $220.15
UPMC East Monroeville $156.60 $31.08 – $208.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $158.40 $31.08 – $161.87
UPMC Northwest Seneca $72.00 $31.08 – $132.72
UPMC Hanover Hanover $155.40 $32.53 – $197.02

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