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Cardiolipin antibody iga 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

$129.60

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.

$216.00

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.

$23.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $173.40 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 Medicare $23.08 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.16 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $25.45 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.45 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $26.06 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $26.21 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $26.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.72 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.48 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.49 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.49 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $28.00 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.68 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $40.43 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicaid $42.19 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $42.57 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.14 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.89 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $59.92 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $81.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $81.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR FI $118.32 ↓ -9%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $122.40 ↓ -6%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $125.87 ↓ -3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $128.52 ↓ -1%
Cigna New Business ASO $128.52 ↓ -1%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $130.45 ↑ +1%
InterGroup PPO $132.60 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $142.80 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $146.88 ↑ +13%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $160.72 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $163.20 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $173.40 ↑ +34%

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Cardiolipin antibody iga at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.60 $23.65 – $264.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $197.40 $21.22 – $296.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $89.40 $22.35 – $119.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,204.20 $25.16 – $1,705.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $146.40 $25.16 – $156.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $375.00 $21.97 – $531.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $485.60 $24.30 – $121.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $89.40 $25.16 – $119.20

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