Arformoterol non-comp unit 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

$28.60

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.

$35.75

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.

$0.45 with UPMC Health Plan vs $31.21 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $0.45 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.71 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.71 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.71 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.87 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $8.75 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.64 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $14.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $14.00 ↓ -51%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.50 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR FI $20.30 ↓ -29%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $21.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $21.59 ↓ -25%
Cigna New Business ASO $22.05 ↓ -23%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $22.05 ↓ -23%
InterGroup PPO $22.75 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $24.50 ↓ -14%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $25.20 ↓ -12%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $25.33 ↓ -11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $28.00 ↓ -2%
Humana Commercial $29.75 ↑ +4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $31.21 ↑ +9%

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Arformoterol non-comp unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $25.00 $0.45 – $24.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $20.20 $0.45 – $27.06
UPMC East Monroeville $28.60 $0.45 – $28.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $30.20 $0.45 – $6.32
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $27.20 $0.45 – $24.87
UPMC Jameson New Castle $27.20 $0.45 – $9.93
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $24.00 $0.45 – $9.85
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $32.40 $0.45 – $9.85

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