Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$1,014.60

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.

$1,691.00

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.

$279.43 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,521.90 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
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $279.43 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA Medicare $322.50 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $406.86 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $501.21 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $591.85 ↓ -42%
Cigna EBR $676.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $676.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $676.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $770.86 ↓ -24%
Aetna EBR FI $828.59 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $893.85 ↓ -12%
Aetna Medicare $920.67 ↓ -9%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $922.63 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $930.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $930.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $930.05 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Medicare $956.42 ↓ -6%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -5%
Cigna Medicare $965.36 ↓ -5%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $965.36 ↓ -5%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↓ -5%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,048.42 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,077.17 ↑ +6%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,099.15 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $1,099.15 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,099.15 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,099.15 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $1,099.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,183.70 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,203.99 ↑ +19%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,352.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $1,521.90 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,521.90 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,521.90 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,521.90 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Esophagosc flex trnsn biopsy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,776.80 $146.72 – $1,300.05
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $736.20 $148.11 – $983.24
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,055.20 $148.11 – $983.24
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,264.00 $279.43 – $993.28

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