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Bx pancreas pq ndl 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

$3,197.40

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.

$5,329.00

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.

$631.31 with UPMC Work Partners vs $4,529.65 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $631.31 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $817.72 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,400.89 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,414.58 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,544.70 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,581.46 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $1,591.04 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,621.93 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,699.17 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,742.87 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,131.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $2,131.60 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,930.95 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $3,090.82 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,197.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,287.99 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,357.27 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,357.27 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $3,463.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,730.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,836.88 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,263.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,529.65 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Bx pancreas pq ndl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,368.00 $550.23 – $1,938.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,236.20 $444.00 – $3,354.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $971.40 $242.85 – $1,295.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,088.20 $550.23 – $4,374.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,080.80 $539.52 – $2,601.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,560.40 $550.23 – $5,043.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,175.20 $264.42 – $1,322.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $971.40 $639.06 – $1,668.12

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