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Drug test def 1-7 classes 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

$239.40

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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.

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.

$399.00

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.

$70.34 with UPMC Health Plan vs $339.15 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 $70.34 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $73.54 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicaid $76.74 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.84 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $99.83 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $103.78 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $108.98 ↓ -54%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $114.43 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $117.15 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare $117.86 ↓ -51%
Aetna of PA Medicare $120.15 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $120.15 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $123.57 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $123.58 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $123.58 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $125.87 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $144.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna EBR ASO $159.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $159.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $178.61 ↓ -25%
Aetna EBR FI $231.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $239.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $246.18 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $251.37 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $251.37 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $259.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $279.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $287.28 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $299.86 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $319.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $339.15 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Drug test def 1-7 classes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $441.60 $55.86 – $662.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $316.80 $52.95 – $317.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $602.40 $38.08 – $125.87
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $610.80 $56.39 – $816.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $294.00 $18.50 – $82.05
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $242.40 $56.39 – $343.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $480.80 $25.38 – $126.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $437.40 $70.34 – $475.20

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