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2d tee w or without fol w/con,in at UPMC Northwest

100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Mar 6, 2026 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,641.60

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.

$2,736.00

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.

$683.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,979.42 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $683.10 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $753.23 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $771.16 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $775.83 ↓ -53%
Aetna of PA Medicare $790.89 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $790.89 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $813.41 ↓ -50%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $813.49 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $813.49 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $828.55 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,094.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,094.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,122.37 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,382.85 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,504.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $1,586.88 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,641.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,688.11 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,723.68 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,723.68 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,778.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,915.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,969.92 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,188.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,325.60 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,979.42 ↑ +81%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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2d tee w or without fol w/con,in at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,358.00 $432.45 – $3,537.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $848.40 $212.10 – $1,272.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,258.80 $436.57 – $6,033.30
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,141.20 $436.57 – $5,866.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,450.80 $428.08 – $1,813.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,589.00 $436.57 – $3,667.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,026.40 $230.94 – $1,154.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $848.40 $562.63 – $1,272.60

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