Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$133.20

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$222.00

Gross charge

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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.

$28.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $199.91 with UPMC Work 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

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 $28.50 ↓ -79%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $32.50 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $34.12 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $35.75 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $37.38 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicaid $40.62 ↓ -70%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $45.17 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $48.20 ↓ -64%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $50.74 ↓ -62%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $55.39 ↓ -58%
Aetna of PA Medicare $58.94 ↓ -56%
Cigna EBR $88.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $88.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $88.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $102.20 ↓ -23%
Aetna EBR FI $108.78 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $108.82 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $122.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $134.05 ↑ +1%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $137.64 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $140.89 ↑ +6%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $141.41 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $144.30 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $144.30 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $144.30 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $144.30 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $144.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $155.40 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $163.37 ↑ +23%
Aetna Medicare $168.27 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $168.63 ↑ +27%
United Healthcare Medicare $174.81 ↑ +31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↑ +32%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↑ +32%
Cigna Medicare $176.44 ↑ +32%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↑ +32%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $177.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $199.80 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $199.80 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $199.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $199.80 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $199.91 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Consultation pathology during surgery frozen section first tissue block at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $229.80 $7.50 – $306.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $337.20 $9.82 – $477.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $104.40 $34.12 – $199.91
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $337.20 $9.82 – $211.89
UPMC East Monroeville $303.00 $28.11 – $404.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $717.00 $23.43 – $213.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $159.60 $28.38 – $202.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $337.20 $9.82 – $261.92

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