CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$957.60

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.

$1,596.00

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.

$61.23 with Aetna of PA vs $1,436.40 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
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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 $61.23 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $146.37 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $169.72 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $174.81 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $175.18 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $181.60 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $183.28 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.30 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $183.30 ↓ -81%
Cigna Medicare $183.30 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $229.77 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $240.71 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $251.65 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid $273.54 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $304.15 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $324.52 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $330.00 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $341.62 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $346.24 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $372.93 ↓ -61%
Cigna EBR $638.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $638.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $638.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $775.93 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $782.04 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $877.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $989.52 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,016.65 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,037.40 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,083.16 ↑ +13%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,117.20 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,241.58 ↑ +30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,276.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,334.35 ↑ +39%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,436.40 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,436.40 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,436.40 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $1,436.40 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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CT orbit/sella/fossa w/wo contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,759.80 $152.00 – $2,346.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,294.80 $168.60 – $1,834.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,327.20 $229.77 – $1,769.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,294.80 $173.36 – $1,834.30
UPMC East Monroeville $3,242.40 $170.18 – $4,323.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,052.60 $145.67 – $848.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,533.00 $153.92 – $787.54
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,294.80 $168.36 – $824.17

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