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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$2,503.20

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.

$4,172.00

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.

$29.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $396.95 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $29.09 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $59.07 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $59.57 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $61.76 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $64.44 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.92 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.69 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $65.69 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $67.25 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $67.66 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $68.97 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.97 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.94 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.95 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.95 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $72.26 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $79.64 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $83.83 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $91.52 ↓ -96%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $164.65 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $186.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna EBR ASO $186.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $202.87 ↓ -92%
Aetna EBR FI $270.86 ↓ -89%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $280.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $288.14 ↓ -88%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $294.21 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business ASO $294.21 ↓ -88%
InterGroup PPO $303.55 ↓ -88%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $326.90 ↓ -87%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $336.24 ↓ -87%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $373.60 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial $396.95 ↓ -84%

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,697.40 $29.08 – $396.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $28.91 – $420.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $2,361.60 $48.90 – $260.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $30.68 – $589.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $380.40 $59.07 – $475.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,503.20 $29.15 – $396.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,361.60 $53.70 – $279.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,479.80 $59.07 – $316.80

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