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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$459.60

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$766.00

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.

$27.82 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $689.40 with Humana — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $27.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $29.15 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $30.48 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $33.12 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $36.83 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.30 ↓ -91%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $39.96 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.37 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $45.16 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.35 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $117.46 ↓ -74%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $144.58 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $163.37 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $180.72 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $189.44 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $195.12 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $195.54 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare $202.70 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $204.58 ↓ -55%
Cigna Medicare $204.60 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $204.60 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $204.60 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $212.97 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $222.63 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $306.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $306.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $306.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $375.34 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $421.30 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $474.92 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $487.94 ↑ +6%
Cigna New Business ASO $497.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $497.90 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $497.90 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $497.90 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $497.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $536.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $612.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $689.40 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $689.40 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $689.40 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $689.40 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $366.00 $26.50 – $488.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $265.20 $33.66 – $1,016.56
UPMC Northwest Seneca $194.40 $29.15 – $275.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $484.20 $29.15 – $726.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $589.80 $29.15 – $993.28
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $478.20 $29.15 – $677.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $451.20 $29.15 – $931.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $265.20 $29.15 – $892.40

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