Histamine at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$173.40

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.

$289.00

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.

$10.65 with Aetna of PA vs $274.20 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 $10.65 ↓ -94%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $13.00 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $13.65 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $14.30 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $14.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicaid $16.25 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.07 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $22.15 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $25.47 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.19 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.53 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $30.42 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $30.48 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare $31.60 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $31.89 ↓ -82%
Cigna Medicare $31.89 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $31.89 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $31.89 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $67.53 ↓ -61%
Aetna EBR ASO $115.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $115.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $115.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $141.61 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $158.95 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $179.18 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $184.09 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $187.85 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $187.85 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $187.85 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $187.85 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $187.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $202.30 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $222.58 ↑ +28%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $231.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $242.14 ↑ +40%
SelectCare Commercial $260.10 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $260.10 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $260.10 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $260.10 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $274.20 ↑ +58%

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Histamine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $351.60 $13.00 – $468.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $149.40 $13.00 – $211.65
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $149.40 $13.00 – $242.14
UPMC East Monroeville $620.40 $13.00 – $827.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $469.80 $13.00 – $80.26
UPMC Northwest Seneca $209.40 $14.30 – $31.01
UPMC Hanover Hanover $149.40 $13.00 – $47.25
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $276.00 $13.00 – $55.41

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