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Dacarbazine 100 mg intravenous solution 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

$93.00

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$155.00

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.

$2.18 with UPMC Health Plan vs $67.11 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Medicaid $2.18 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.45 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $3.45 ↓ -96%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $3.45 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4.24 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare $5.86 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.47 ↓ -91%
Aetna EBR ASO $9.38 ↓ -90%
Cigna Commercial $9.38 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.72 ↓ -87%
Aetna EBR FI $13.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $14.07 ↓ -85%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $14.47 ↓ -84%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $14.77 ↓ -84%
Cigna New Business ASO $14.77 ↓ -84%
InterGroup PPO $15.24 ↓ -84%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $16.41 ↓ -82%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $16.88 ↓ -82%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $18.76 ↓ -80%
Humana Commercial $19.93 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $54.47 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $67.11 ↓ -28%

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Dacarbazine 100 mg intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $124.00 $2.18 – $36.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $76.80 $3.45 – $57.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $2.18 – $139.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $198.60 $2.18 – $281.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $19.20 $3.37 – $35.64
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $67.40 $2.18 – $36.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $76.80 $3.45 – $57.60
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $198.60 $3.45 – $281.35

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