Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$1,199.40

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$1,999.00

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.

$75.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,699.15 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 $75.90 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $79.35 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $82.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $102.33 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $107.72 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $117.59 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $167.86 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $185.09 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $189.50 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $190.64 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $194.34 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $194.34 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $199.88 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $199.90 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $199.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $203.60 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $256.84 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $300.39 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $530.67 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $653.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR ASO $799.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $799.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,159.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,199.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,233.38 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,259.37 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,259.37 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,299.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,399.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,439.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,599.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,699.15 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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