Diffusing capacity at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$190.20

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.

$317.00

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.

$41.52 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $370.26 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $41.52 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $43.49 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $45.47 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicaid $49.42 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.96 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.64 ↓ -69%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $59.63 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.73 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $67.38 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.88 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare $79.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $100.52 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $123.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $126.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $126.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $126.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $155.33 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $158.50 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $174.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $196.54 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $201.93 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $206.05 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $206.05 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $206.05 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $206.05 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $206.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $221.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $253.60 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $285.30 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $285.30 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $285.30 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $285.30 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $305.65 ↑ +61%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $370.26 ↑ +95%

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Diffusing capacity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $339.60 $33.12 – $452.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $970.20 $43.39 – $1,374.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $136.20 $41.52 – $181.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $970.20 $43.39 – $305.65
UPMC East Monroeville $360.00 $36.59 – $480.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $298.80 $36.25 – $148.64
UPMC Northwest Seneca $145.80 $43.49 – $94.07
UPMC Hanover Hanover $970.20 $43.39 – $613.00

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