Natriuretic peptide at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$273.00

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.

$455.00

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.

$14.17 with Aetna of PA vs $409.50 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.

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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 $14.17 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $33.86 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $36.23 ↓ -87%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $37.94 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $38.79 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $39.26 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $39.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $40.44 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $40.52 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $41.73 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $42.01 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $42.40 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $42.40 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $42.40 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $42.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $43.63 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicaid $47.42 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $52.73 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.27 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.23 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $64.66 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $129.92 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $182.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $182.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $182.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $222.95 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $250.25 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $252.63 ↓ -7%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $282.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $289.83 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $295.75 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $295.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $295.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $295.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $295.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $311.22 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $318.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $364.00 ↑ +33%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $409.50 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $409.50 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $409.50 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $409.50 ↑ +50%

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Natriuretic peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $159.00 $37.94 – $212.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $199.20 $37.94 – $282.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $321.60 $25.52 – $428.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $199.20 $37.94 – $282.20
UPMC East Monroeville $704.40 $35.74 – $939.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $192.00 $37.94 – $91.10
UPMC Northwest Seneca $287.40 $35.60 – $43.63
UPMC Hanover Hanover $199.20 $37.94 – $62.82

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