St evaluation swallow function at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$413.40

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.

$689.00

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.

$40.84 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $762.27 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $40.84 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.79 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $44.73 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $48.62 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.07 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.69 ↓ -86%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $58.66 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.73 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.29 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $75.51 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $172.25 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $222.99 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $270.13 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR ASO $275.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $275.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $275.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $337.61 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $344.50 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $378.95 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $427.18 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $438.89 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $447.85 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $447.85 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $447.85 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $447.85 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $447.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $482.30 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $551.20 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $618.77 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $620.10 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $620.10 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $620.10 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $620.10 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $762.27 ↑ +84%

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St evaluation swallow function at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $373.80 $38.90 – $498.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $532.80 $49.40 – $754.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $418.80 $40.84 – $558.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $532.80 $49.40 – $1,395.12
UPMC East Monroeville $486.60 $42.79 – $648.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $489.00 $42.79 – $223.13
UPMC Northwest Seneca $463.80 $42.79 – $579.11
UPMC Hanover Hanover $532.80 $49.40 – $591.00

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