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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation 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

$610.80

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.

$1,018.00

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.

$254.50 with Aetna vs $865.30 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
Aetna Medicare $254.50 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $282.47 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $368.72 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR ASO $407.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $407.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $509.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $559.90 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $590.44 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $610.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $611.34 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $628.11 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $641.34 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $641.34 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $661.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $712.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $732.96 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $753.21 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $814.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $865.30 ↑ +42%

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,146.80 $237.79 – $1,846.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,162.20 $235.55 – $1,743.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $697.20 $30.43 – $929.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,972.80 $9.36 – $366.74
UPMC Somerset Somerset $607.80 $27.34 – $759.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,260.00 $237.79 – $1,785.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $843.20 $30.43 – $948.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $697.20 $30.43 – $929.60

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