Budesonide non-comp con 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

$932.80

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.

$1,166.00

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.

$0.84 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $991.10 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $0.84 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $0.92 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicaid $0.96 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $291.50 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $421.04 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $466.40 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $466.40 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $583.00 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $606.70 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $641.30 ↓ -31%
Aetna EBR FI $676.28 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $699.60 ↓ -25%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $719.42 ↓ -23%
Cigna New Business ASO $734.58 ↓ -21%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $734.58 ↓ -21%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $747.50 ↓ -20%
InterGroup PPO $757.90 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $816.20 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $839.52 ↓ -10%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $889.31 ↓ -5%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $932.80 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $991.10 ↑ +6%

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Budesonide non-comp con at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $29.60 $0.80 – $233.76
UPMC East Monroeville $1,396.00 $0.80 – $1,396.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,132.00 $0.80 – $8.77
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $338.40 $0.80 – $595.76
UPMC Jameson New Castle $338.40 $6.64 – $237.89
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $604.80 $0.88 – $235.99
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $752.00 $0.88 – $235.99
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $763.20 $0.84 – $235.99

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