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Acute hepatitis panel 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

$306.00

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.

$510.00

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.

$43.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $433.50 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $43.20 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $47.07 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $47.63 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $47.63 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $48.76 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $49.06 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $50.01 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $50.01 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $51.44 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $51.44 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $51.44 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $52.39 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $57.93 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $60.56 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $63.19 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $78.09 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $82.21 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $89.74 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $99.86 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $204.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $204.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $295.80 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $306.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $314.67 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $321.30 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $321.30 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $328.10 ↑ +7%
InterGroup PPO $331.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $357.00 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $367.20 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $404.24 ↑ +32%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $408.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $433.50 ↑ +42%

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Acute hepatitis panel at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $573.60 $44.26 – $812.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $591.00 $39.70 – $886.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $762.60 $47.07 – $1,016.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $496.20 $47.07 – $702.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $310.20 $47.07 – $340.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $490.20 $41.12 – $694.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $921.60 $47.07 – $1,036.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $762.60 $47.07 – $1,016.80

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