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Cdna analysis for variants 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

$7,041.00

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.

$11,735.00

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.

$167.96 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,466.24 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $167.96 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $183.04 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $185.20 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $185.20 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $189.61 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $190.76 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $194.46 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $194.46 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $200.00 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $200.02 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $200.02 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $203.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna EBR ASO $228.80 ↓ -97%
Cigna Commercial $228.80 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $271.55 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $314.60 ↓ -96%
Aetna EBR FI $331.76 ↓ -95%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $343.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $352.92 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $360.36 ↓ -95%
Cigna New Business ASO $360.36 ↓ -95%
InterGroup PPO $371.80 ↓ -95%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $400.40 ↓ -94%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $411.84 ↓ -94%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $457.60 ↓ -94%
Humana Commercial $486.20 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,190.06 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,466.24 ↓ -79%

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Cdna analysis for variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $5,118.00 $141.78 – $462.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,009.40 $154.38 – $916.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,792.80 $144.60 – $948.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,009.40 $70.74 – $462.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,070.40 $129.92 – $1,338.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,008.20 $159.90 – $850.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,276.80 $96.12 – $480.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,934.40 $144.60 – $633.60

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