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Colonoscopy submucous njx 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

$4,867.20

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.

$8,112.00

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.

$117.67 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,895.20 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 Commercial $117.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $234.53 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $245.19 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $255.85 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $316.19 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $332.84 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $363.35 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $715.89 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,019.46 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,124.11 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,150.86 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $1,157.83 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,180.32 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,180.32 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,213.93 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,214.04 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,214.04 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,236.52 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,037.64 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,510.53 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial $3,244.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,244.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna EBR FI $4,704.96 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $4,867.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5,005.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5,110.56 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,110.56 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,678.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $5,840.64 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,489.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $6,895.20 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Colonoscopy submucous njx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,137.60 $112.59 – $5,861.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,528.00 $156.49 – $5,292.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,659.00 $94.76 – $6,600.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,903.60 $111.79 – $5,530.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,933.60 $234.53 – $4,425.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,252.60 $234.53 – $4,336.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $234.53 – $1,124.11

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