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Creatinine 24 hour urine 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

$43.80

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.

$73.00

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.

$4.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $58.65 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 $4.70 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $5.12 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $5.18 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.18 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $5.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $5.34 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.43 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $5.44 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $5.44 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $5.59 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.59 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5.59 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $5.70 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.87 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $8.22 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicaid $8.58 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $10.60 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $11.16 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.19 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $25.95 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $27.60 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $27.60 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $31.98 ↓ -27%
Aetna EBR FI $40.02 ↓ -9%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $41.40 ↓ -5%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $42.57 ↓ -3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $43.47 ↓ -1%
Cigna New Business ASO $43.47 ↓ -1%
InterGroup PPO $44.85 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $48.30 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $49.68 ↑ +13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $55.20 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $58.65 ↑ +34%

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Creatinine 24 hour urine at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $102.60 $4.81 – $89.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $115.20 $4.32 – $172.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $106.20 $5.12 – $100.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $281.40 $5.12 – $113.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $25.80 $5.12 – $26.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $80.40 $4.47 – $113.90
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $128.80 $5.12 – $71.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.00 $5.12 – $100.00

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