Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$210.00

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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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$350.00

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.

$51.46 with Aetna of PA vs $905.71 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 $51.46 ↓ -75%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $112.86 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $118.50 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $123.00 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $124.15 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $129.79 ↓ -38%
Aetna EBR ASO $140.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $140.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $140.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.96 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicaid $141.07 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $142.63 ↓ -32%
Aetna Medicare $146.91 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $147.22 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare $152.61 ↓ -27%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $154.03 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $154.04 ↓ -27%
Cigna Medicare $154.04 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $154.04 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $156.86 ↓ -25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $167.37 ↓ -20%
Aetna EBR FI $171.50 ↓ -18%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $176.19 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $192.34 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $192.50 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $198.95 ↓ -5%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $217.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $222.95 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $227.50 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $227.50 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $227.50 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $227.50 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $227.50 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $235.20 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $245.00 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $280.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $315.00 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $315.00 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $315.00 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $315.00 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $735.21 ↑ +250%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $905.71 ↑ +331%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe sars-cov-2/inf a&b/rsv at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $210.00 $112.86 – $280.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $210.00 $47.95 – $297.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $196.80 $53.00 – $262.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $210.00 $70.00 – $297.50
UPMC East Monroeville $210.00 $109.66 – $280.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $210.00 $112.86 – $265.12
UPMC Northwest Seneca $210.00 $124.15 – $154.04
UPMC Hanover Hanover $210.00 $112.86 – $228.21

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