Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$580.80

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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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$968.00

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.

$13.45 with Aetna of PA vs $871.20 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 $13.45 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $32.14 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $36.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $37.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $38.39 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $38.47 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare $39.88 ↓ -93%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $40.22 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.25 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.25 ↓ -93%
Cigna Medicare $40.25 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.25 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $41.42 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $42.23 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $44.24 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $46.25 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $50.27 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $55.90 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $59.65 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $62.79 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $68.54 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $148.51 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $259.13 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $319.22 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR ASO $387.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $387.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $387.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $474.32 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $532.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $600.16 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $616.62 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $629.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $629.20 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $629.20 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $629.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $629.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $677.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $774.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $871.20 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $871.20 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $871.20 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $871.20 ↑ +50%

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UPMC Altoona Altoona $349.80 $36.84 – $466.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $207.60 $36.90 – $294.10
UPMC Cole Coudersport $163.80 $24.23 – $218.40
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UPMC East Monroeville $350.40 $36.84 – $467.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $293.40 $36.84 – $93.44
UPMC Northwest Seneca $547.80 $33.80 – $46.25
UPMC Hanover Hanover $207.60 $36.90 – $59.63

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