Ph body fluid at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$24.60

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.

$41.00

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.

$1.29 with Aetna of PA vs $36.90 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $1.29 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $2.00 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $2.10 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $2.20 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $2.30 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicaid $2.50 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.78 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2.97 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3.09 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $3.12 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $3.41 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.54 ↓ -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 $3.58 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $3.69 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3.70 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare $3.83 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3.87 ↓ -84%
Cigna Medicare $3.87 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3.87 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3.87 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $7.46 ↓ -70%
Cigna EBR $16.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $16.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $16.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $19.43 ↓ -21%
Aetna EBR FI $20.09 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $22.55 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $23.94 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $25.42 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $26.12 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $26.65 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $26.65 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $26.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $26.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $26.65 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $26.77 ↑ +9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $32.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $36.90 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $36.90 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $36.90 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $36.90 ↑ +50%

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Ph body fluid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.60 $2.00 – $124.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $19.20 $2.00 – $27.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $28.20 $2.10 – $37.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $19.20 $2.00 – $26.77
UPMC East Monroeville $53.40 $2.00 – $71.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $19.80 $2.00 – $7.01
UPMC Northwest Seneca $27.00 $2.20 – $3.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $19.20 $2.00 – $5.73

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