Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$3,913.20

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.

$6,522.00

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.

$38.85 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $5,869.80 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
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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 $38.85 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.70 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $42.55 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicaid $46.25 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $51.43 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $54.87 ↓ -99%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $55.80 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $57.76 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $63.06 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $192.67 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $238.21 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $569.38 ↓ -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 $660.23 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $680.04 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $681.49 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $706.45 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $712.98 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $713.05 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $713.05 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $713.05 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $944.49 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,511.46 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,712.42 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,861.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna EBR $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,608.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,195.78 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3,587.10 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,043.64 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,154.51 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,239.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,565.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,217.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $5,869.80 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drain cerebro spinal fluid 62272 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,192.20 $37.00 – $1,589.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,951.80 $46.99 – $2,765.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $123.00 $38.85 – $771.51
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,951.80 $49.95 – $2,765.05
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,310.60 $40.70 – $960.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,449.40 $40.70 – $693.24
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,951.80 $46.99 – $1,058.50
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,138.20 $40.70 – $1,060.34

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