Sigmoidoscopy for bleeding at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$3,850.20

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$6,417.00

Gross charge

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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.

$117.60 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $5,775.30 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

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 $117.60 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $123.20 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $128.80 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $140.00 ↓ -96%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $155.67 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $166.10 ↓ -96%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $168.90 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $174.84 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $190.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna of PA Medicare $405.58 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $499.19 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $945.57 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $969.43 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,124.11 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,160.31 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare $1,202.80 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -68%
Cigna Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,511.46 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,714.38 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,861.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna EBR $2,566.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,566.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,566.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,144.33 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $3,529.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,978.54 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,087.63 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,171.05 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $4,171.05 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $4,171.05 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,171.05 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $4,171.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,491.90 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $5,133.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,775.30 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $5,775.30 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,775.30 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $5,775.30 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Sigmoidoscopy for bleeding at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,459.20 $112.00 – $1,945.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $459.00 $117.60 – $771.51
UPMC East Monroeville $2,282.40 $123.20 – $3,043.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,766.00 $123.20 – $1,634.95
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,829.40 $123.20 – $1,214.04
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,827.60 $123.20 – $1,517.55
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $2,734.20 $123.20 – $1,214.04
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $2,260.80 $123.20 – $1,236.52

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