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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card 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

$6,459.60

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.

$10,766.00

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.

$1,126.58 with UPMC Work Partners vs $9,151.10 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $1,126.58 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,780.97 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,842.91 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,066.46 ↓ -53%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,139.44 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $3,158.45 ↓ -51%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,219.78 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,219.78 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,311.47 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,311.78 ↓ -49%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,311.78 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,373.11 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $3,502.68 ↓ -46%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,711.42 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR ASO $4,306.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $4,306.40 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5,921.30 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $6,244.28 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $6,459.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $6,642.62 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $6,782.58 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $6,782.58 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $7,536.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $7,751.52 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $8,612.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $9,151.10 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Cath right heart w/o2 sat & card at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,684.80 $1,095.37 – $7,027.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $6,457.80 $1,105.80 – $9,148.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,975.40 $931.20 – $11,995.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,762.80 $892.40 – $5,953.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $10,831.20 $1,105.80 – $15,344.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,429.60 $993.28 – $4,572.80

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