Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$125.40

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.

$209.00

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.

$21.96 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $188.10 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $21.96 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $27.05 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $52.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $83.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $83.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $83.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $102.41 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $104.50 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $114.95 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $114.95 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $114.95 ↓ -8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $124.49 ↓ -1%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $129.58 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $133.13 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $135.85 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $135.85 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $135.85 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $135.85 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $135.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $146.30 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $150.80 ↑ +20%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $167.20 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $188.10 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $188.10 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $188.10 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $188.10 ↑ +50%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push same substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $7.92 – $245.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $108.00 $24.66 – $399.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $111.00 $10.93 – $61.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $108.00 $13.18 – $153.00
UPMC East Monroeville $236.40 $7.99 – $315.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $158.40 $7.92 – $62.16
UPMC Northwest Seneca $136.20 $20.55 – $150.64
UPMC Hanover Hanover $108.00 $124.49 – $399.00

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