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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$808.80

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$1,348.00

Gross charge

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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.

$36.58 with Aetna of PA vs $1,213.20 with SelectCare — 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 $36.58 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $85.58 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $87.43 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $93.72 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicaid $101.88 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $104.64 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -86%
Cigna Medicare $109.49 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $113.28 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $116.77 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $120.86 ↓ -85%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $122.90 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $127.23 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $138.89 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $263.82 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $361.71 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $418.71 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $445.59 ↓ -45%
Cigna EBR $539.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $539.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $539.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $660.52 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $741.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $835.76 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $858.68 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $876.20 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $876.20 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $876.20 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $876.20 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $876.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $943.60 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,078.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,213.20 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,213.20 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $1,213.20 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $1,213.20 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Kidney (Retroperitoneal) Ultrasound (complete) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $64.19 – $558.45
UPMC Altoona Altoona $726.60 $49.00 – $968.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $405.00 $85.58 – $540.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $56.80 – $418.71
UPMC East Monroeville $1,200.60 $89.65 – $1,600.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $442.20 $85.14 – $515.90
UPMC Hanover Hanover $394.20 $64.19 – $571.59
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $510.00 $85.58 – $722.50

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