MRI chest without & w/contrast at UPMC Bedford
10455 Lincoln Highway, Everett, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1295724193
$6,538.80
Cash price 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.
$10,898.00
Gross charge 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.
$122.85 with Aetna of PA vs $9,808.20 with Health Coalition Partners — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $122.85 | ↓ -98% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $293.63 | ↓ -96% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $340.48 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $350.69 | ↓ -95% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $351.44 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare | $364.31 | ↓ -94% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $367.68 | ↓ -94% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $367.72 | ↓ -94% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $367.72 | ↓ -94% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $367.72 | ↓ -94% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison MedPLUS | $606.38 | ↓ -91% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $635.25 | ↓ -90% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $664.12 | ↓ -90% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $680.90 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $721.88 | ↓ -89% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $802.67 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $856.43 | ↓ -87% |
| Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) | Medicaid/CHIP | $870.87 | ↓ -87% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $901.54 | ↓ -86% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $984.18 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $1,997.73 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $2,441.60 | ↓ -63% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $2,757.35 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $3,396.80 | ↓ -48% |
| Cigna | EBR | $4,359.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $4,359.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $4,359.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $5,340.02 | ↓ -18% |
| United Healthcare | Compass Exchange | $5,993.90 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $6,756.76 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $6,942.03 | ↑ +6% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $7,083.70 | ↑ +8% |
| United Healthcare | All Business | $7,083.70 | ↑ +8% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $7,083.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $7,083.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Cigna | NBR ASO/FI | $7,083.70 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $7,628.60 | ↑ +17% |
| Preferred Healthcare System | PPO | $8,718.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $9,808.20 | ↑ +50% |
| SelectCare | Commercial | $9,808.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $9,808.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Health Coalition Partners | Intergroup | $9,808.20 | ↑ +50% |
| Tricare | TRICARE | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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MRI chest without & w/contrast at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $2,604.00 | $425.00 – $3,472.00 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $2,713.80 | $338.22 – $3,844.55 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $2,042.40 | $516.77 – $2,723.20 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $2,713.80 | $347.79 – $3,844.55 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $6,218.40 | $341.40 – $8,291.20 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $2,415.00 | $278.13 – $1,997.73 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $3,815.40 | $308.78 – $1,997.73 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $2,713.80 | $337.76 – $2,090.65 |