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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx 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

$655.20

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.

$1,092.00

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.

$2.50 with Aetna vs $347.30 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $2.50 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.00 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $4.00 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.00 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $5.80 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6.00 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $6.30 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $6.50 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7.00 ↓ -99%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $7.20 ↓ -99%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.44 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8.00 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $8.50 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $200.59 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $247.15 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $347.30 ↓ -47%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Cath malecot 28fr 4-wing ltx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,114.20 $2.50 – $226.63
UPMC Muncy Muncy $672.00 $2.10 – $12.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $2.50 – $416.47
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $16,155.60 $2.52 – $464.03
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,099.40 $7.48 – $171.90
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,448.40 $2.50 – $352.17
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $812.80 $3.51 – $79.99
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,807.00 $3.51 – $28.80

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