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Beta-amyloid 1-42 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

$1,670.40

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.

$2,784.00

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.

$696.00 with Aetna vs $2,366.40 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
Aetna Medicare $696.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,113.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,113.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,392.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,531.20 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $1,614.72 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,670.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,670.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,670.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,717.73 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,753.92 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,753.92 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,809.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,948.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,004.48 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,123.36 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,227.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,366.40 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Beta-amyloid 1-42 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,226.40 $511.00 – $1,737.40
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,056.60 $440.25 – $1,584.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,404.00 $351.00 – $2,106.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,564.80 $469.44 – $2,216.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $94.80 $55.14 – $118.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,011.00 $421.25 – $1,432.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,404.00 $421.20 – $2,106.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,404.00 $631.80 – $2,106.00

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