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Bausch health Ultrasound surg 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

$609.00

Cash price

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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.

$1,015.00

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.

$248.75 with Aetna vs $847.06 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $248.75 ↓ -59%
Aetna EBR ASO $398.00 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $398.00 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $497.50 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $547.25 ↓ -10%
Aetna EBR FI $577.10 ↓ -5%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $597.00 ↓ -2%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $613.91 ↑ +1%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $626.85 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $626.85 ↑ +3%
InterGroup PPO $646.75 ↑ +6%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $696.50 ↑ +14%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $716.40 ↑ +18%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $796.00 ↑ +31%
Humana Commercial $845.75 ↑ +39%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $847.06 ↑ +39%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Bausch health Ultrasound surg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $609.00 $126.25 – $552.75
UPMC Muncy Muncy $609.00 $149.25 – $895.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $633.00 $161.10 – $1,131.78
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $5,261.40 $126.25 – $858.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $800.00 $179.10 – $895.50

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →