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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige 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

$39.00

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.

$65.00

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.

$16.26 with UPMC Health Plan vs $79.80 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 $16.26 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.72 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $17.93 ↓ -54%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $17.93 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $18.36 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $18.47 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $18.83 ↓ -52%
Aetna of PA Medicare $18.83 ↓ -52%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $19.36 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $19.36 ↓ -50%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $19.36 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $19.48 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $19.72 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $20.37 ↓ -48%
Aetna Medicaid $21.25 ↓ -46%
Cigna Commercial $26.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $26.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.26 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $27.65 ↓ -29%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $30.18 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $36.42 ↓ -7%
Aetna EBR FI $37.70 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $39.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $40.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $40.95 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $40.95 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $42.25 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $44.88 ↑ +15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $45.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $46.80 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $52.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $55.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $79.80 ↑ +105%

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Allergen alpha lactalbumin ige at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $42.00 $14.17 – $56.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $57.60 $14.03 – $86.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $25.80 $6.45 – $34.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $498.00 $14.17 – $705.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $100.20 $13.89 – $125.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $66.60 $14.17 – $94.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $31.80 $7.16 – $35.77
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $25.80 $11.61 – $34.40

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