Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at UPMC Bedford

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

$127.20

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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.

$212.00

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.

$9.41 with Aetna of PA vs $190.80 with Private Health Care Systems — 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 $9.41 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $22.48 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.77 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $26.07 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $26.85 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $26.91 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare $27.89 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.15 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $28.16 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.16 ↓ -78%
Cigna Medicare $28.16 ↓ -78%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $36.02 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.36 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $37.82 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.62 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $41.42 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicaid $45.02 ↓ -65%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $50.06 ↓ -61%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $53.42 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $56.23 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $61.39 ↓ -52%
Aetna EBR ASO $84.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $84.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $84.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $103.88 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $116.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $131.44 ↑ +3%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $133.95 ↑ +5%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $135.04 ↑ +6%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $137.80 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $137.80 ↑ +8%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $137.80 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $137.80 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $137.80 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $139.69 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $148.40 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $169.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $172.09 ↑ +35%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $190.80 ↑ +50%
Humana Commercial $190.80 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $190.80 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $190.80 ↑ +50%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $274.20 $25.77 – $365.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.95 – $234.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $145.20 $25.81 – $205.70
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $25.77 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $147.60 $25.77 – $50.37
UPMC Northwest Seneca $129.60 $23.64 – $41.42
UPMC Hanover Hanover $145.20 $25.81 – $49.06

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