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Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution 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

$40.40

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$50.50

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.

$3.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $40.80 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 Medicaid $3.45 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $4.95 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.46 ↓ -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 $5.46 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.46 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.46 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $5.59 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $5.62 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.73 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $5.73 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.90 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.90 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.90 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $6.01 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6.71 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $17.33 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $18.81 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $19.20 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $19.20 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $23.18 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR FI $27.84 ↓ -31%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $28.80 ↓ -29%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $29.62 ↓ -27%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $30.24 ↓ -25%
Cigna New Business ASO $30.24 ↓ -25%
InterGroup PPO $31.20 ↓ -23%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $33.60 ↓ -17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $34.56 ↓ -14%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $38.40 ↓ -5%
Humana Commercial $40.80 ↑ +1%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Alpha-1-proteinase inhibitor (human) 1,000 mg (+/-) IV solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $40.40 $3.45 – $45.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $29.80 $5.25 – $31.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $59.40 $3.45 – $42.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $59.40 $3.45 – $84.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.00 $5.41 – $236.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $51.00 $3.45 – $53.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $29.80 $5.46 – $31.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $59.40 $5.46 – $84.15

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