Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$49.80

Cash price

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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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$83.00

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.

$9.78 with UPMC Health Plan vs $74.70 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 $9.78 ↓ -80%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $11.29 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $11.85 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.42 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.50 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicaid $14.11 ↓ -72%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.69 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.74 ↓ -66%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.62 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $19.24 ↓ -61%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $32.27 ↓ -35%
Cigna EBR $33.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $33.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $33.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $35.06 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↓ -25%
Aetna Medicare $38.54 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $38.62 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Medicare $40.04 ↓ -20%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.41 ↓ -19%
Cigna Medicare $40.41 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.41 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.41 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $40.67 ↓ -18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $43.45 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $45.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.46 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.87 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $53.53 ↑ +7%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.95 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $53.95 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $53.95 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.95 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $53.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $58.10 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $66.40 ↑ +33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $68.53 ↑ +38%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $74.70 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $74.70 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $74.70 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $74.70 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Surgical pathology level 2 gross & microscopic examination at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $128.40 $5.00 – $171.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $6.55 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $110.40 $11.85 – $147.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $6.55 – $77.35
UPMC East Monroeville $121.20 $9.64 – $161.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.00 $11.29 – $70.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $67.20 $9.73 – $65.94
UPMC Hanover Hanover $54.60 $6.55 – $69.00

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