Plmt nephroureteral catheter at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$4,763.40

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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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$7,939.00

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.

$1,008.26 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,145.10 with Private Health Care Systems — 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

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

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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,008.26 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,186.38 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,363.43 ↓ -71%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,459.06 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,112.55 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,602.46 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,835.73 ↓ -40%
Cigna EBR $3,175.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,175.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,175.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,288.18 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $3,386.83 ↓ -29%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,394.06 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare $3,518.35 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,550.91 ↓ -25%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,551.23 ↓ -25%
Cigna Medicare $3,551.23 ↓ -25%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,551.23 ↓ -25%
Aetna EBR FI $3,890.11 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $4,366.45 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $4,366.45 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $4,366.45 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,922.18 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5,057.14 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $5,160.35 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $5,160.35 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5,160.35 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,160.35 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $5,160.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,557.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $6,351.20 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $7,145.10 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $7,145.10 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $7,145.10 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $7,145.10 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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Plmt nephroureteral catheter at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $4,500.60 $761.79 – $6,000.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $5,190.00 $1,016.56 – $7,352.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $5,190.00 $1,016.56 – $7,352.50
UPMC East Monroeville $4,763.40 $769.05 – $6,351.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,280.00 $761.79 – $4,782.42
UPMC Hanover Hanover $5,190.00 $1,016.56 – $5,271.68
UPMC Lititz Lititz $5,190.00 $1,016.56 – $5,300.16
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $4,763.40 $769.05 – $3,617.00

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