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C-reactive protein high sensitivity 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

$137.40

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.

$229.00

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.

$11.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $194.65 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $11.58 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.74 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.11 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicaid $12.64 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.80 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.95 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.95 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.26 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $13.34 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.60 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.60 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.98 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.99 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.99 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.24 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $15.62 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $16.44 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.90 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $17.95 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $89.20 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $91.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $91.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $109.90 ↓ -20%
Aetna EBR FI $132.82 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $137.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $141.29 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $144.27 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $144.27 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $148.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $160.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $164.88 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $183.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $194.65 ↑ +42%

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C-reactive protein high sensitivity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $126.60 $11.58 – $179.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $168.60 $10.80 – $252.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $452.40 $11.58 – $603.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $169.20 $10.53 – $239.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.60 $11.58 – $90.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $453.00 $11.18 – $641.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $571.20 $10.53 – $615.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $452.40 $11.58 – $603.20

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