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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$425.40
Cash price 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.
$709.00
Gross charge 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.
$100.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $602.65 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $100.70 | ↓ -76% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $105.28 | ↓ -75% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $109.86 | ↓ -74% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $135.77 | ↓ -68% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $142.92 | ↓ -66% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $156.02 | ↓ -63% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $177.25 | ↓ -58% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $275.81 | ↓ -35% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $283.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $283.60 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $339.81 | ↓ -20% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $354.50 | ↓ -17% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $386.31 | ↓ -9% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $409.30 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $411.22 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $425.40 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $437.45 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $446.67 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $446.67 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $460.85 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $496.30 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $510.48 | ↑ +20% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $567.20 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $602.65 | ↑ +42% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Doppler upper/lower extremity arteries complete bilateral at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $901.80 | $100.70 – $1,352.70 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,081.80 | $89.66 – $1,442.40 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $626.40 | $100.70 – $887.40 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,046.40 | $84.06 – $1,482.40 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $1,091.40 | $64.19 – $192.77 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $1,003.80 | $100.70 – $1,422.05 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,308.00 | $89.66 – $1,471.50 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $1,081.80 | $89.66 – $1,442.40 |