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Ciliary transsleral therapy 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

$4,594.20

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.

$7,657.00

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.

$1,070.14 with UPMC Work Partners vs $6,508.45 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 $1,070.14 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,093.61 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,894.12 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,017.13 ↓ -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 $2,224.20 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,277.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna Medicare $2,290.93 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,333.69 ↓ -49%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,335.41 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $2,335.41 ↓ -49%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,401.91 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,402.14 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,402.14 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $2,446.62 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,062.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $3,062.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $4,211.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $4,441.06 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,594.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $4,724.37 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $4,823.91 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $4,823.91 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,359.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $5,513.04 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,125.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,508.45 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ciliary transsleral therapy at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,288.80 $736.75 – $6,075.80
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,989.40 $596.00 – $5,984.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,005.40 $736.75 – $8,507.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,086.60 $736.75 – $5,789.35
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,695.00 $993.28 – $6,260.00

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