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Bone survey-lead poisoning 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

$420.60

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.

$701.00

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.

$51.63 with UPMC Health Plan vs $595.85 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 $51.63 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $53.98 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $55.40 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicaid $56.33 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $69.61 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $73.28 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $80.00 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $91.94 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $93.43 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $103.79 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $106.45 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $111.52 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $182.26 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $224.56 ↓ -47%
Cigna Commercial $280.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $280.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $406.58 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $420.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $432.52 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $441.63 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $441.63 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $455.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $490.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $504.72 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $560.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $595.85 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Bone survey-lead poisoning at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,823.40 $51.63 – $2,735.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $697.80 $38.68 – $930.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,154.40 $36.26 – $1,635.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $262.80 $34.75 – $328.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $844.00 $38.68 – $949.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $697.80 $38.68 – $930.40

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