Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$90.40

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$113.00

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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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$4.64 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $101.70 with Humana — 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

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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $4.64 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $5.72 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare All Business $18.15 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $18.15 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $28.25 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $32.82 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $39.55 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR ASO $45.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna EBR $45.20 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $45.20 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR FI $55.37 ↓ -39%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $56.50 ↓ -38%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $62.15 ↓ -31%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $62.15 ↓ -31%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $70.06 ↓ -23%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $71.98 ↓ -20%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $73.45 ↓ -19%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $73.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna New Business ASO $73.45 ↓ -19%
InterGroup PPO $73.45 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $79.10 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $80.46 ↓ -11%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $90.40 ↑ +0%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $101.70 ↑ +13%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $101.70 ↑ +13%
SelectCare Commercial $101.70 ↑ +13%
Humana Commercial $101.70 ↑ +13%

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Dextrose 5 % and lactated ringers intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $74.40 $0.35 – $18.15
UPMC Cole Coudersport $6.60 $3.05 – $8.80
UPMC East Monroeville $183.20 $1.69 – $183.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $107.20 $1.67 – $16.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $78.40 $4.34 – $4.34
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $84.80 $4.26 – $6.05
UPMC Jameson New Castle $52.20 $1.70 – $8.14
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $118.20 $1.69 – $8.68

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