Herpes simplex virus isolation at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$239.40

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.

$399.00

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.

$12.22 with Aetna of PA vs $359.10 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.22 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.58 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $29.20 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $33.46 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $33.86 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $34.88 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $34.95 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $36.23 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $36.57 ↓ -85%
Cigna Medicare $36.57 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $36.57 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $36.57 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $37.85 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $39.74 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $41.63 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $43.53 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicaid $47.31 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $52.61 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.13 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.09 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $64.50 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $70.22 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $159.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $159.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $159.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $195.51 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $219.45 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $247.38 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $252.01 ↑ +5%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $254.16 ↑ +6%
Cigna New Business ASO $259.35 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $259.35 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $259.35 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $259.35 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $259.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $279.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $310.46 ↑ +30%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $319.20 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $359.10 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $359.10 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $359.10 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $359.10 ↑ +50%

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Herpes simplex virus isolation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $447.60 $33.46 – $596.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $189.00 $28.98 – $242.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $312.00 $22.01 – $416.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $189.00 $33.52 – $242.25
UPMC East Monroeville $362.40 $19.32 – $483.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $573.60 $33.46 – $90.88
UPMC Northwest Seneca $186.60 $19.50 – $43.53
UPMC Hanover Hanover $189.00 $28.98 – $54.18

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