Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$766.20

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$1,277.00

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.

$25.20 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $1,149.30 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $25.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $27.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicaid $30.00 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $33.36 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -95%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $36.19 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.47 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $40.90 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $137.43 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $138.12 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $231.71 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $328.49 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $360.83 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $380.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $392.33 ↓ -49%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $393.16 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare $407.56 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $411.33 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↓ -46%
Cigna Medicare $411.37 ↓ -46%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $420.11 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $444.51 ↓ -42%
Cigna EBR $510.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $510.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $510.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $625.73 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $702.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $791.74 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $813.45 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $830.05 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $830.05 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $830.05 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $830.05 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $830.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $893.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $1,021.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,149.30 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $1,149.30 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,149.30 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $1,149.30 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Puncture aspiration abscess/hematoma/bulla/cyst at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $725.40 $24.00 – $967.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $520.80 $30.48 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $408.60 $25.20 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $520.80 $30.48 – $1,016.56
UPMC East Monroeville $543.60 $26.40 – $724.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $566.40 $26.40 – $554.00
UPMC Northwest Seneca $505.20 $26.40 – $399.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $520.80 $30.48 – $1,016.56

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