Pretreat rbc absorption reference at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$138.60

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.

$231.00

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.

$14.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $207.90 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $14.84 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.43 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $48.84 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $53.20 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $56.63 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $58.33 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $58.45 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $58.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare $60.59 ↓ -56%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $61.15 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $61.16 ↓ -56%
Cigna Medicare $61.16 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $61.16 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $72.01 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $92.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $92.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $92.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $113.19 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $127.05 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $127.05 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $127.05 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $143.22 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $147.15 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $150.15 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $150.15 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $150.15 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $150.15 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $150.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $161.70 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $184.80 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $207.90 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $207.90 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $207.90 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $207.90 ↑ +50%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital

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Pretreat rbc absorption reference at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $212.40 $21.08 – $283.20
UPMC East Monroeville $163.80 $14.63 – $218.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $19.37 – $70.59
UPMC Northwest Seneca $54.00 $14.77 – $61.16
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $136.20 $14.82 – $61.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $131.40 $2.64 – $61.16
UPMC Kane Kane $122.40 $24.99 – $39.18
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $76.20 $15.49 – $62.29

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