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Bivalirudin 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

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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.

$198.18

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.

$0.11 with UPMC Health Plan vs $163.50 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 Medicaid $0.11
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $0.17
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $0.17
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $0.17
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $0.21
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $8.39
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $10.34
Aetna Medicare $48.09
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $69.46
Aetna EBR ASO $76.94
Cigna Commercial $76.94
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $96.17
Aetna EBR FI $111.56
Aetna Neighborhood Network $115.41
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $118.68
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $121.18
Cigna New Business ASO $121.18
InterGroup PPO $125.03
Coventry/First Health Commercial $134.65
Health Coalition Partners PPO $138.49
Private Health Care Systems PPO $153.88
Humana Commercial $163.50

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Bivalirudin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,991.00 $0.11 – $18.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $5,267.40 $0.17 – $31.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,904.40 $0.11 – $18.27
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,203.40 $0.11 – $17.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $585.00 $0.17 – $45.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $5,267.40 $0.17 – $31.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,267.40 $0.17 – $31.50

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