Core ndl bx lng/med perq at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$3,052.80

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$5,088.00

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.

$127.49 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $4,579.20 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 $127.49 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $133.56 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $139.63 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $151.78 ↓ -95%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $168.76 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $180.07 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $183.10 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $189.55 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $206.92 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $557.33 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,058.79 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,332.15 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,544.70 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,576.06 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicare $1,591.04 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,594.44 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,652.83 ↓ -46%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -45%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -45%
Cigna Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -45%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,892.55 ↓ -38%
Cigna EBR $2,035.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,035.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,035.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,131.25 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,331.44 ↓ -24%
Aetna EBR FI $2,493.12 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $2,798.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,154.56 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,241.06 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,307.20 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $3,307.20 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $3,307.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,307.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $3,307.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,561.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $4,070.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,579.20 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $4,579.20 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,579.20 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $4,579.20 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Core ndl bx lng/med perq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,911.80 $121.42 – $3,882.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,199.80 $154.20 – $4,533.05
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $3,199.80 $163.92 – $4,533.05
UPMC East Monroeville $3,052.80 $133.56 – $4,070.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,148.20 $133.56 – $2,246.66
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,052.80 $133.56 – $1,621.93
UPMC Hanover Hanover $3,199.80 $154.20 – $2,476.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,052.80 $133.56 – $1,668.28

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