X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at UPMC Bedford

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

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

$225.00

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$375.00

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.

$28.88 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $337.50 with Health Coalition Partners — 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $28.88 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $30.25 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $31.62 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicaid $34.38 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.58 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $38.22 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $40.78 ↓ -82%
Health Partners Plans (Jefferson Health Plan) Medicaid/CHIP $41.47 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $42.93 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $46.87 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $53.25 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $87.43 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $104.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Medicare $108.48 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -51%
Cigna Medicare $109.49 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -51%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $116.62 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $150.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna EBR $150.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $150.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $161.96 ↓ -28%
Aetna EBR FI $183.75 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $190.96 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $199.52 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare Compass Exchange $206.25 ↓ -8%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $232.50 ↑ +3%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $238.88 ↑ +6%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $243.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare All Business $243.75 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $243.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna New Business ASO $243.75 ↑ +8%
Cigna NBR ASO/FI $243.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $262.50 ↑ +17%
Preferred Healthcare System PPO $300.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $337.50 ↑ +50%
SelectCare Commercial $337.50 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $337.50 ↑ +50%
Health Coalition Partners Intergroup $337.50 ↑ +50%
Tricare TRICARE not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs w/posterior anterior chest > 4 views bilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $491.40 $16.50 – $655.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $21.61 – $372.30
UPMC Cole Coudersport $249.00 $28.88 – $332.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $21.61 – $372.30
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $30.25 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $409.80 $30.25 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $235.80 $30.25 – $119.78
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $21.61 – $162.54

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