CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$883.20

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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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$1,472.00

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 $1,324.80 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 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $87.43 ↓ -90%
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 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $104.64 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -88%
Cigna Medicare $109.49 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $120.74 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $126.49 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $132.24 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $143.74 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $159.82 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $166.48 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $170.53 ↓ -81%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $173.40 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $179.51 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $189.90 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $195.97 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $199.40 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $233.94 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $327.38 ↓ -63%
Cigna EBR $588.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $588.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $588.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $721.28 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $809.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $912.64 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $937.66 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $956.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $956.80 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $956.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $956.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $956.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,030.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,177.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,324.80 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $1,324.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,324.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,324.80 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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CT thorax low dose for lung screening without contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $819.60 $68.48 – $1,092.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $190.20 $43.43 – $280.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $768.60 $120.74 – $1,024.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $190.20 $36.40 – $327.38
UPMC Hamot Erie $772.80 $68.48 – $173.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $666.60 $91.94 – $166.48
UPMC Hanover Hanover $190.20 $96.13 – $280.00
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $636.60 $90.77 – $395.00

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