Tc-99m labeled rbc at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$336.60

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.

$561.00

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.

$140.25 with Aetna vs $812.56 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $140.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $224.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $224.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $224.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $274.89 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $280.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $308.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $308.55 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $316.35 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare All Business $316.35 ↓ -6%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $347.82 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $357.36 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $364.65 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $364.65 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $364.65 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $364.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $392.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $396.09 ↑ +18%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $448.80 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $487.94 ↑ +45%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $504.90 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $504.90 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $504.90 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $504.90 ↑ +50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $670.77 ↑ +99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $812.56 ↑ +141%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Tc-99m labeled rbc at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.80 $142.83 – $670.77
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $590.40 $134.33 – $836.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $271.20 $106.48 – $361.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $590.40 $116.06 – $836.40
UPMC East Monroeville $815.40 $105.45 – $1,087.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $330.60 $95.27 – $274.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $590.40 $134.33 – $670.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,003.80 $105.45 – $670.77

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