Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$303.00

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.

$505.00

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.

$9.88 with Aetna of PA vs $454.50 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
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.88 ↓ -97%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $15.00 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $15.75 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $17.25 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicaid $18.75 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $20.85 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.25 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.42 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $23.62 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $27.07 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $27.39 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $28.21 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $28.27 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare $29.31 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $29.58 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $29.58 ↓ -90%
Cigna Medicare $29.58 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $29.58 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $46.79 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $151.55 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $167.78 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $186.69 ↓ -38%
Cigna EBR $202.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $202.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $202.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $247.45 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $277.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $313.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $321.69 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $328.25 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $328.25 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $328.25 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $328.25 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $328.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $353.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $404.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $454.50 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $454.50 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $454.50 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $454.50 ↑ +50%

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Warde 3008005 oligoclonal bands at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $184.20 $15.00 – $245.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $138.60 $15.00 – $196.35
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $138.60 $15.00 – $196.35
UPMC East Monroeville $397.80 $15.00 – $530.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $15.00 – $54.65
UPMC Northwest Seneca $138.00 $16.50 – $28.76
UPMC Hanover Hanover $138.60 $15.00 – $43.82
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $212.40 $15.00 – $51.40

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