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Cryptosporidium antigen 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

$193.80

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.

$323.00

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.

$10.86 with UPMC Health Plan vs $274.55 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 $10.86 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.84 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.98 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.98 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $12.34 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.58 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $12.58 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.94 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.94 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.94 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.18 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $22.11 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $81.39 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $100.27 ↓ -48%
Aetna EBR ASO $129.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $129.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $177.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $187.34 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $193.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $199.29 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $203.49 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $203.49 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $209.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $226.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $232.56 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $258.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $274.55 ↑ +42%

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Cryptosporidium antigen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $162.60 $9.36 – $216.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $112.20 $11.13 – $158.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $163.20 $8.77 – $231.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $66.60 $8.41 – $83.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $115.20 $10.34 – $163.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $196.80 $9.36 – $221.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $162.60 $9.36 – $216.80

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