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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers 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

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.

$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.

$56.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $336.63 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $56.35 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $61.41 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $62.14 ↓ -74%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $62.14 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $63.62 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $64.00 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $65.25 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $65.25 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $67.10 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.11 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $67.11 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $68.35 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $70.23 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $73.43 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicaid $76.62 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $94.69 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $97.60 ↓ -59%
Aetna EBR ASO $97.60 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $99.68 ↓ -58%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $108.81 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $134.31 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR FI $141.52 ↓ -41%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $146.40 ↓ -39%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $150.55 ↓ -37%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $153.72 ↓ -36%
Cigna New Business ASO $153.72 ↓ -36%
InterGroup PPO $158.60 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $165.48 ↓ -31%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $170.80 ↓ -29%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $175.68 ↓ -27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $195.20 ↓ -18%
Humana Commercial $207.40 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $336.63 ↑ +41%

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Drug test(s) presumptive any class instrument chemistry analyzers at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $495.00 $52.24 – $300.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $441.60 $51.75 – $662.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $53.40 $13.35 – $81.73
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $610.80 $52.24 – $362.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $212.40 $51.23 – $128.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $453.00 $52.24 – $343.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $383.20 $14.22 – $96.29
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $316.80 $24.30 – $81.73

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