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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt 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

$85.20

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.

$142.00

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.

$22.17 with UPMC Health Plan vs $141.99 with UPMC Work Partners — 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 $22.17 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $46.20 ↓ -46%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $50.94 ↓ -40%
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 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $52.15 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $52.47 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $53.49 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $53.49 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $55.01 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $55.02 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $55.02 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $56.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $56.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $56.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $65.71 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $78.10 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $80.96 ↓ -5%
Aetna EBR FI $82.36 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $85.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $87.61 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $89.46 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $89.46 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $92.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $99.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $102.24 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $113.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $120.70 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $141.99 ↑ +67%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Cytopathology fna adequacy evaluation first episode each site interp/rpt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $22.03 – $361.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $372.60 $39.16 – $496.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $22.16 – $547.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $115.80 $23.38 – $164.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $223.80 $25.06 – $130.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $85.20 $22.22 – $146.41
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $450.40 $39.16 – $506.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $372.60 $39.16 – $496.80

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