Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis 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

$340.20

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.

$567.00

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.

$226.80 with Cigna vs $481.95 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
Cigna Commercial $226.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $226.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $238.51 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $240.15 ↓ -29%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $255.57 ↓ -25%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $262.99 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $262.99 ↓ -23%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $269.25 ↓ -21%
Aetna Medicare $270.88 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $276.14 ↓ -19%
Aetna of PA Medicare $276.14 ↓ -19%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $284.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $284.03 ↓ -17%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $284.03 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $289.29 ↓ -15%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $295.89 ↓ -13%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $311.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $328.86 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $340.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $349.84 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $357.21 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $357.21 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $368.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $396.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $408.24 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $432.45 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $453.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $481.95 ↑ +42%

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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.20 $92.53 – $373.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $356.40 $94.89 – $534.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $502.20 $114.67 – $711.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $532.20 $53.00 – $709.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $502.20 $167.40 – $711.45
UPMC East Monroeville $247.20 $135.96 – $329.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $312.00 $255.57 – $284.03
UPMC Hanover Hanover $502.20 $260.36 – $420.78

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