External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$1,948.20

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.

$3,247.00

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.

$52.18 with Aetna of PA vs $2,922.30 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
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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
Aetna of PA Medicare $52.18 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $124.71 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $137.80 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $142.92 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $144.61 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $144.69 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $148.95 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $149.27 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $151.58 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare $154.73 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $156.16 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $156.18 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $156.18 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $156.18 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $158.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $191.53 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $204.36 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $215.12 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $234.84 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $261.63 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $917.49 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $938.17 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,130.25 ↓ -42%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,298.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $1,298.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,298.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,591.03 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $1,785.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,013.14 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,068.34 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $2,110.55 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,110.55 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $2,110.55 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $2,110.55 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,110.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,272.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $2,597.60 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $2,922.30 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $2,922.30 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,922.30 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $2,922.30 ↑ +50%

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External chromosome analysis 20-25 cells at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $942.60 $137.80 – $1,256.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,033.80 $137.80 – $1,464.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $622.20 $53.00 – $829.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,033.80 $137.80 – $1,464.55
UPMC East Monroeville $2,557.20 $137.80 – $3,409.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,789.80 $137.80 – $330.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,124.40 $131.15 – $158.47
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,033.80 $137.80 – $231.38

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