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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$316.20

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$527.00

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.

$39.63 with UPMC Health Plan vs $447.95 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

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 $39.63 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $46.20 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $50.94 ↓ -84%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $50.94 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $52.15 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $52.47 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $53.49 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $53.49 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.01 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $56.03 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $101.29 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $105.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicaid $110.50 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.55 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $143.75 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $156.92 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $210.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $210.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $218.54 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $260.51 ↓ -18%
Aetna EBR FI $305.66 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $316.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $320.97 ↑ +2%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $325.16 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $332.01 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $332.01 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $342.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $368.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $379.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $421.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $447.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $379.20 $39.38 – $568.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $142.20 $35.55 – $218.54
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $268.20 $39.61 – $379.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $388.80 $41.80 – $550.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $265.20 $47.45 – $218.54
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $322.20 $39.71 – $456.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $172.00 $38.70 – $218.54
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $142.20 $50.94 – $218.54

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