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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout 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

$4,054.80

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.

$6,758.00

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.

$289.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $5,744.30 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 $289.97 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $298.83 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $303.15 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $316.33 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $325.66 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $329.51 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $329.51 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $337.35 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $339.40 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $345.99 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $345.99 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $355.84 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $355.87 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $355.87 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $362.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $390.93 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $411.52 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $449.24 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $597.63 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $736.33 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,127.66 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,703.20 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -9%
Aetna EBR FI $3,919.64 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,054.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,169.69 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,257.54 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,257.54 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,730.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $4,865.76 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $5,406.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $5,744.30 ↑ +42%

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C-kit mutation liquid tumor - sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,055.40 $232.46 – $5,745.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,054.80 $232.46 – $5,744.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,941.40 $289.97 – $5,255.20

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