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Chlamydia culture at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$96.00
Cash price 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.
$160.00
Gross charge 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.
$17.78 with UPMC Health Plan vs $136.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $17.78 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $19.38 | ↓ -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 | $19.60 | ↓ -80% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $19.60 | ↓ -80% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $20.07 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $20.19 | ↓ -79% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $20.58 | ↓ -79% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $20.58 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $21.17 | ↓ -78% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $21.17 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $21.17 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $21.56 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $26.57 | ↓ -72% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $28.71 | ↓ -70% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $30.02 | ↓ -69% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $31.32 | ↓ -67% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $38.71 | ↓ -60% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $40.74 | ↓ -58% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $44.48 | ↓ -54% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $64.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $64.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $92.80 | ↓ -3% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $94.36 | ↓ -2% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $96.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $98.72 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $100.80 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $100.80 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $104.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $112.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $115.20 | ↑ +20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $116.26 | ↑ +21% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $128.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $136.00 | ↑ +42% |
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Chlamydia culture at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $142.20 | $18.21 – $201.45 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $730.20 | $19.38 – $973.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $508.20 | $19.38 – $719.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $109.80 | $19.38 – $137.25 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $205.80 | $16.92 – $291.55 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $883.20 | $19.38 – $993.60 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $730.20 | $19.38 – $973.60 |