Colonoscopy w/balloon dilat at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$4,476.60

Cash price

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$7,461.00

Gross charge

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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.

$243.84 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $6,714.90 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 $243.84 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $255.45 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $267.06 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicaid $290.29 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $322.78 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $344.40 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $350.20 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $362.53 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $395.77 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $405.58 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $969.43 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $997.03 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,124.11 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,160.31 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,202.80 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -73%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,348.86 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,807.68 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,177.19 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,682.09 ↓ -40%
Cigna EBR $2,984.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,984.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,984.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,655.89 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $4,103.55 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,625.82 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,752.66 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,849.65 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $4,849.65 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $4,849.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,849.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,849.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,222.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,968.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,714.90 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $6,714.90 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,714.90 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $6,714.90 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy w/balloon dilat at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,764.60 $232.23 – $2,352.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,014.60 $243.84 – $1,352.80
UPMC East Monroeville $3,284.40 $255.45 – $4,379.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,437.80 $255.45 – $1,634.95
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,597.40 $255.45 – $1,527.37
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,597.40 $255.45 – $1,517.55
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $3,582.00 $255.45 – $1,348.86
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,349.80 $255.45 – $1,547.45

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