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Design mlc device for imrt 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

$1,254.00

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.

$2,090.00

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.

$316.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,776.50 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 $316.51 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $349.00 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $357.31 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $359.47 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $366.45 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $366.45 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $376.89 ↓ -70%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $376.92 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $376.92 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $383.90 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $702.81 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $750.59 ↓ -40%
Aetna EBR ASO $836.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $836.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,125.85 ↓ -10%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,149.50 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $1,212.20 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,254.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,289.53 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,316.70 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,316.70 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,358.50 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,387.13 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,463.00 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,504.80 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,672.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,776.50 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Design mlc device for imrt at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,772.40 $324.33 – $2,510.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,864.80 $262.58 – $2,641.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,479.60 $251.64 – $1,849.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,539.20 $301.33 – $3,597.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,968.20 $280.09 – $7,957.60

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