#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$945.00

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.

$1,575.00

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.

$46.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,417.50 with SelectCare — 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 Health Plan Commercial $46.49 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $67.31 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $70.68 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.04 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $77.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $84.14 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $93.55 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $99.82 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $105.08 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $114.71 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $153.90 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $166.71 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $393.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $433.72 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $534.30 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR ASO $630.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $630.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $630.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $771.75 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $787.50 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $866.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $976.50 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,003.27 ↑ +6%
InterGroup PPO $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,102.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,260.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,417.50 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,417.50 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,417.50 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $1,417.50 ↑ +50%

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#flow interp 9 - 15 markers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $288.00 $67.31 – $384.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $55.20 $12.60 – $171.72
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $55.20 $18.40 – $625.24
UPMC East Monroeville $1,141.20 $45.86 – $1,521.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $989.40 $23.43 – $156.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $303.00 $46.29 – $405.92
UPMC Hanover Hanover $55.20 $67.31 – $171.72
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $402.00 $46.44 – $252.89

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