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Calcium ionized 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

$66.60

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.

$111.00

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.

$9.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $94.35 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 $9.73 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $10.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $10.62 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.41 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.12 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.52 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.68 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.82 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.01 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $14.09 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.36 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.36 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.77 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.77 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.77 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.05 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $15.08 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.84 ↓ -72%
Cigna Commercial $44.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $64.38 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $66.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $68.49 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $68.55 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $69.93 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $69.93 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $72.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $77.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $79.92 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $84.46 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $88.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $94.35 ↑ +42%

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Calcium ionized at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $235.80 $9.73 – $334.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $9.73 – $162.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $107.40 $9.73 – $143.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $502.20 $8.85 – $711.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $69.60 $9.73 – $87.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $168.60 $9.73 – $238.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $129.60 $8.85 – $145.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $107.40 $9.73 – $143.20

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