Ghs protoporphyrins fract at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$86.40

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.

$144.00

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.

$5.18 with Aetna of PA vs $133.29 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $5.18 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.38 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.19 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $14.35 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $14.78 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.81 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare $15.35 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.50 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.50 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $15.50 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.50 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $19.84 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $20.83 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.82 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $22.82 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicaid $24.80 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.58 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $28.88 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.42 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.97 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $33.81 ↓ -61%
Cigna EBR $57.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $57.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $57.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $70.56 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $79.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $89.28 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $91.73 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $93.60 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $93.60 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $93.60 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $93.60 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $93.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.80 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $103.54 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $108.20 ↑ +25%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $115.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $129.60 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $129.60 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $129.60 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $129.60 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $133.29 ↑ +54%

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Ghs protoporphyrins fract at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $100.80 $14.19 – $134.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $72.60 $14.21 – $102.85
UPMC Cole Coudersport $138.00 $9.33 – $184.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $72.60 $14.21 – $103.54
UPMC Hamot Erie $222.00 $14.19 – $39.02
UPMC Northwest Seneca $99.00 $13.01 – $22.82
UPMC Hanover Hanover $72.60 $14.21 – $27.02
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $128.40 $12.85 – $27.58

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