Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$235.20

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$392.00

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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.

$23.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $841.13 with Cigna — 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.28 ↓ -90%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.87 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $71.26 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.66 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $78.05 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $83.50 ↓ -64%
Aetna Medicaid $84.84 ↓ -64%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $94.33 ↓ -60%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.65 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $103.20 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $105.95 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $115.66 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $127.13 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.38 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $156.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $156.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $156.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $192.08 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $215.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $243.04 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $249.70 ↑ +6%
InterGroup PPO $254.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $254.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $254.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $254.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $254.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $274.40 ↑ +17%
Aetna of PA Medicare $281.00 ↑ +19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $313.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $352.80 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $352.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $352.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $352.80 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $671.65 ↑ +186%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $778.82 ↑ +231%
Aetna Medicare $802.18 ↑ +241%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $803.90 ↑ +242%
United Healthcare Medicare $833.34 ↑ +254%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $841.05 ↑ +258%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $841.13 ↑ +258%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $841.13 ↑ +258%
Cigna Medicare $841.13 ↑ +258%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery cytological exam initial site at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.20 $16.01 – $133.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,472.40 $20.97 – $2,085.90
UPMC Cole Coudersport $280.20 $53.00 – $373.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,472.40 $20.97 – $2,085.90
UPMC East Monroeville $287.40 $22.97 – $817.76
UPMC Hamot Erie $93.60 $23.43 – $970.76
UPMC Northwest Seneca $231.60 $23.18 – $817.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,472.40 $20.97 – $1,248.61

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