CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$847.80

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$1,413.00

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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.

$61.23 with Aetna of PA vs $1,271.70 with Health Coalition Partners — same scan, same building. Share

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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 $61.23 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $146.37 ↓ -83%
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 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $174.81 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $175.18 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $181.60 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $183.28 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $183.30 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $183.30 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $183.30 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $202.51 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $212.16 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $221.80 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid $241.09 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $268.07 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $285.03 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $286.03 ↓ -66%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $290.85 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $301.09 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $328.69 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial $565.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $565.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $565.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $649.55 ↓ -23%
Aetna EBR FI $692.37 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $777.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $876.06 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $900.08 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $904.65 ↑ +7%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $918.45 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $918.45 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $918.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $918.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $918.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $989.10 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,022.06 ↑ +21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,114.44 ↑ +31%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,130.40 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,271.70 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,271.70 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,271.70 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,271.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT orbit/sella/ or posterior outer inner or middle ear w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,468.80 $129.00 – $1,958.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,294.80 $168.60 – $1,834.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,199.40 $202.51 – $1,599.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,294.80 $168.99 – $1,834.30
UPMC East Monroeville $2,917.20 $170.18 – $3,889.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,612.80 $130.72 – $709.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,368.00 $153.92 – $669.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,294.80 $168.36 – $700.97

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