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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count 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

$817.80

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.

$1,363.00

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.

$113.81 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,158.55 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 $113.81 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $124.02 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $125.49 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $125.49 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $128.48 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $129.25 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $131.76 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $131.76 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $135.52 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $135.53 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $135.53 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $138.04 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $189.47 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $193.45 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $198.09 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicaid $206.70 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $255.45 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $268.90 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $293.55 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $545.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $545.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $625.18 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $770.27 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $790.54 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $817.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $840.97 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $858.69 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $858.69 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $885.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $954.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $981.36 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,090.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,158.55 ↑ +42%

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Chromosome analysis 15-20 cell count at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $941.40 $104.61 – $1,412.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,017.00 $124.02 – $1,356.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,020.00 $116.62 – $718.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $604.20 $124.02 – $855.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $897.60 $124.02 – $1,122.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,536.00 $108.35 – $2,176.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,241.60 $124.02 – $1,383.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,017.00 $124.02 – $1,356.00

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