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Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$249.60

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.

$416.00

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.

$104.00 with Aetna vs $387.72 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $104.00 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $166.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $166.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $166.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $173.07 ↓ -31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $208.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $228.80 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $241.28 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $249.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $256.67 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $262.08 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $262.08 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $270.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $291.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $299.52 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $307.04 ↑ +23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $314.69 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $332.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $353.60 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $387.72 ↑ +55%

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $304.20 $121.25 – $456.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $272.40 $68.10 – $363.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $321.00 $104.94 – $405.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $316.20 $63.24 – $447.95
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $310.20 $103.40 – $439.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $328.80 $73.98 – $369.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $272.40 $77.16 – $363.20

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