Colonoscopy with ablation at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$2,467.80

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$4,113.00

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.

$405.58 with Aetna of PA vs $3,701.70 with SelectCare — 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

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
Aetna of PA Medicare $405.58 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $899.55 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $969.43 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,108.16 ↓ -55%
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 ↓ -54%
Aetna Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,160.31 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,202.80 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,439.55 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,645.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,645.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $1,645.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $2,015.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2,262.15 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,262.15 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,262.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,550.06 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,619.98 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,673.45 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $2,673.45 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $2,673.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,673.45 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,673.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,879.10 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,928.46 ↑ +19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $3,290.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $3,701.70 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $3,701.70 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,701.70 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $3,701.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Colonoscopy with ablation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,044.20 $324.38 – $2,725.60
UPMC East Monroeville $1,647.60 $327.47 – $2,196.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,701.80 $324.38 – $1,634.95
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,560.00 $631.06 – $1,214.04
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,327.40 $327.47 – $1,236.52
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,333.20 $324.38 – $1,236.52
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,488.60 $327.47 – $1,236.52
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,759.00 $327.47 – $1,236.52

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