Culture mycoplasma any source 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

$84.60

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.

$141.00

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.

$13.96 with UPMC Health Plan vs $119.85 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 $13.96 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.21 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $15.39 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.39 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.76 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $15.85 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $16.16 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.16 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.62 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.62 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.62 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.93 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.40 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicaid $19.20 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.73 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $25.47 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.27 ↓ -68%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $56.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $77.19 ↓ -9%
Aetna EBR FI $81.78 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $84.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.00 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $88.83 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $88.83 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $91.65 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $95.10 ↑ +12%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $98.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $101.52 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $112.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $119.85 ↑ +42%

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Culture mycoplasma any source at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $262.80 $15.21 – $350.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $186.60 $5.55 – $279.90
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $86.40 $15.24 – $122.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $86.40 $15.24 – $122.40
UPMC Hanover Hanover $86.40 $15.24 – $24.62
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $109.20 $13.78 – $28.88
UPMC Jameson New Castle $54.60 $15.21 – $30.27
UPMC Kane Kane $255.60 $15.21 – $66.42

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