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Balloon dilate urtrl strix 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

$10,138.20

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.

$16,897.00

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.

$981.76 with UPMC Work Partners vs $14,362.45 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $981.76 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,330.35 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,639.09 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,411.88 ↓ -76%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare $4,224.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $6,758.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $6,758.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8,448.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $9,293.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $9,800.26 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $10,138.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $10,425.45 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $10,645.11 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $10,645.11 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $11,827.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $12,165.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $13,517.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $14,362.45 ↑ +42%

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Balloon dilate urtrl strix at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $8,620.20 $517.46 – $12,211.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $6,571.80 $512.58 – $9,857.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $10,911.00 $183.38 – $15,457.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $3,457.20 $175.74 – $4,321.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $8,132.40 $517.46 – $11,520.90

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