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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les 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

$658.20

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.

$1,097.00

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.

$24.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $932.45 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 $24.25 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $25.36 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicaid $26.46 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $32.70 ↓ -95%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $34.42 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $37.58 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $72.21 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $81.44 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $94.51 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $116.44 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $274.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $438.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $438.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $548.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $636.26 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $658.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $676.85 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $691.11 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $691.11 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $713.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $767.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $789.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $877.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $932.45 ↑ +42%

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Bx skin punch ea sep/ addl les at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $748.20 $24.25 – $1,059.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $706.20 $24.25 – $1,059.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $148.80 $24.25 – $198.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $832.80 $24.25 – $1,179.80
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $966.00 $24.25 – $1,368.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $180.00 $24.25 – $154.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $148.80 $24.25 – $85.60

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