Human epididymis protein 4 (he4) at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$295.80

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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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$493.00

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.

$7.51 with Aetna of PA vs $443.70 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 $7.51 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.95 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.57 ↓ -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 $20.81 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $21.43 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $21.48 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $22.27 ↓ -92%
Cigna Medicare $22.47 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $22.47 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $22.47 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $22.47 ↓ -92%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $23.85 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $25.04 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.23 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $27.43 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicaid $29.81 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $33.15 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.37 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $36.09 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.23 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $40.65 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.42 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $153.66 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $189.30 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $197.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $197.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $197.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $241.57 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $271.15 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $305.66 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $314.04 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $320.45 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $320.45 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $320.45 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $320.45 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $320.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $345.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $394.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $443.70 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $443.70 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $443.70 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $443.70 ↑ +50%

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Human epididymis protein 4 (he4) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $276.00 $20.57 – $368.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $345.60 $18.87 – $27.43
UPMC Kane Kane $91.20 $20.57 – $89.82
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $176.40 $19.48 – $55.94
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.00 $17.35 – $55.41
UPMC Muncy Muncy $166.20 $20.57 – $40.65
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $19.34 – $55.94
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $180.60 $20.57 – $55.94

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