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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm 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

$2,359.20

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.

$3,932.00

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.

$36.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,342.20 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 Medicaid $36.30 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $37.95 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $39.60 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $48.94 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $51.52 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $56.24 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $509.35 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $983.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,094.40 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,400.89 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,544.70 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,572.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,572.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,581.46 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,621.93 ↓ -31%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 ↓ -31%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 ↓ -29%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 ↓ -29%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,699.17 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,894.12 ↓ -20%
Aetna EBR FI $2,280.56 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,333.69 ↓ -1%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,359.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,426.04 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,477.16 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,477.16 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,555.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,752.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,831.04 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,145.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,342.20 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Debridement bone <= 20 sq cm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,199.00 $36.30 – $3,115.25
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,553.60 $36.30 – $3,830.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,173.60 $36.30 – $5,912.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,320.80 $36.30 – $2,901.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,243.00 $36.30 – $4,594.25
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,103.20 $36.30 – $775.68
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,738.80 $36.30 – $2,318.40

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