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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout 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

$2,235.60

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.

$3,726.00

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.

$188.01 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,167.10 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 $188.01 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $204.89 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $207.31 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $207.31 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $212.24 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $213.53 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $217.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $217.68 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $223.87 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $223.89 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $223.89 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $228.04 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $232.61 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $248.89 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $260.20 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $271.51 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $335.54 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $353.21 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $385.59 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $991.68 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,221.83 ↓ -45%
Cigna Commercial $1,490.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,490.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $2,161.08 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,235.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,298.94 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,347.38 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,347.38 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,421.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,608.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,682.72 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,980.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,167.10 ↑ +42%

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Apl(pml-rara) quant - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,812.60 $192.65 – $964.75
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $765.00 $204.89 – $964.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $503.20 $113.22 – $566.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $741.00 $204.89 – $560.00

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