CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$741.00

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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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$1,235.00

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.

$36.58 with Aetna of PA vs $1,111.50 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

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 $36.58 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $87.43 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $104.64 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $109.49 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $242.55 ↓ -67%
Aetna EBR ASO $494.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $494.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $494.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $553.07 ↓ -25%
Aetna EBR FI $605.15 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $679.25 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $679.25 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $679.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $765.70 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $771.50 ↑ +4%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $786.70 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $802.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $802.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $802.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $802.75 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $802.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $864.50 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $869.74 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $950.42 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $988.00 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,111.50 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,111.50 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,111.50 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,111.50 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT lower extremity without contrast (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,042.20 $240.00 – $1,389.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $876.00 $103.54 – $1,241.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $525.60 $148.34 – $700.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $876.00 $103.54 – $1,241.00
UPMC East Monroeville $1,863.00 $101.65 – $2,484.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,906.80 $115.76 – $604.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $989.40 $91.94 – $568.09
UPMC Hanover Hanover $876.00 $103.54 – $1,833.00

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