Ear irrigation 69209 at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$75.60

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.

$126.00

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.

$16.06 with UPMC Work Partners vs $160.61 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.06 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.43 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $23.25 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $28.64 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $48.84 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $50.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $50.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $50.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $56.63 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $58.33 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $58.45 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.59 ↓ -20%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -19%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -19%
Cigna Medicare $61.16 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $61.74 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $69.30 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $69.30 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $69.30 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $78.12 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $80.26 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $81.90 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $81.90 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $81.90 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $81.90 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $81.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $88.20 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $100.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $113.40 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $113.40 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $113.40 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.40 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $118.77 ↑ +57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $160.61 ↑ +112%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ear irrigation 69209 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $120.00 $8.38 – $160.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $214.80 $16.80 – $1,016.56
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UPMC Hamot Erie $139.80 $8.38 – $82.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $79.80 $16.06 – $61.16
UPMC Hanover Hanover $214.80 $16.80 – $1,016.56

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