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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr 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

$449.40

Cash price

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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.

$749.00

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.

$61.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $636.65 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 $61.53 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.85 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $67.85 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $69.46 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $69.89 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $70.93 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $71.24 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $71.24 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $73.27 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $73.28 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $73.28 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicaid $74.02 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $74.64 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $91.47 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $96.29 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $105.12 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $128.83 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $299.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $299.60 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $316.73 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $370.27 ↓ -18%
Aetna EBR FI $434.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $449.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $456.19 ↑ +2%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $462.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $471.87 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $471.87 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $486.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $524.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $539.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $599.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $636.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Administration chemotherapy IV infusion each addl sequential infusion diff substance/drug >1 hr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $336.00 $56.56 – $504.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $223.20 $55.80 – $297.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $322.20 $63.05 – $456.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $554.40 $67.85 – $785.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $197.40 $67.17 – $246.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $397.80 $58.58 – $563.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $269.60 $60.66 – $303.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $223.20 $67.85 – $297.60

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