Vancomycin hcl injection at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$31.20

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.

$52.00

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.

$2.68 with UPMC Health Plan vs $49.53 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
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2.68 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $5.58 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare All Business $5.58 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $13.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.10 ↓ -52%
Cigna EBR $20.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $20.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $20.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $25.48 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $26.00 ↓ -17%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.60 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $28.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $32.24 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.12 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $33.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $33.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $33.80 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $33.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $36.40 ↑ +17%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.02 ↑ +19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $40.21 ↑ +29%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $41.60 ↑ +33%
SelectCare Commercial $46.80 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $46.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $46.80 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $46.80 ↑ +50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $49.53 ↑ +59%

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Vancomycin hcl injection at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $42.60 $2.68 – $14.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $88.80 $2.68 – $16.00
UPMC East Monroeville $64.80 $1.86 – $63.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $99.00 $3.18 – $6.29
UPMC Northwest Seneca $42.00 $37.63 – $37.63
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $54.60 $1.86 – $36.95
UPMC Jameson New Castle $25.20 $2.68 – $14.75
UPMC Kane Kane $12.00 $3.07 – $12.33

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