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Culture fungi definitive id mold 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

$70.80

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.

$118.00

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.

$8.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $100.30 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
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8.75 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $9.36 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.20 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $10.32 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.32 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $10.57 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $10.63 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $10.84 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.84 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.14 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.15 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.15 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $11.35 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $12.56 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.13 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicaid $13.70 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.94 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.83 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.46 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $47.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $47.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $68.44 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $70.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $71.16 ↑ +1%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $72.81 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $74.34 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $74.34 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $76.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $82.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $84.96 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $87.67 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $94.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $100.30 ↑ +42%

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Culture fungi definitive id mold at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $102.60 $8.75 – $145.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.00 $8.60 – $162.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $349.80 $9.23 – $495.55
UPMC Somerset Somerset $57.00 $10.20 – $71.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $109.80 $8.77 – $155.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $166.40 $10.20 – $187.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $137.40 $10.20 – $183.20

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