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Ecg external >7 days up to 15 days recording 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

$63.00

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.

$105.00

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.

$9.61 with UPMC Health Plan vs $149.22 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 Medicaid $9.61 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $10.05 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicaid $10.49 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.96 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $13.64 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $14.89 ↓ -76%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $16.67 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $27.88 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $33.94 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $34.36 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $37.42 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $38.31 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $38.54 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $39.29 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $39.29 ↓ -38%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $40.41 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $40.41 ↓ -36%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $40.41 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $41.16 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $42.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $42.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $60.90 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $63.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $64.78 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $66.15 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $66.15 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $68.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $73.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $75.60 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $84.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $89.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $149.22 ↑ +137%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ecg external >7 days up to 15 days recording at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $60.00 $9.61 – $90.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.00 $9.61 – $100.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $108.60 $9.61 – $153.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $161.40 $9.61 – $228.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $72.00 $9.61 – $90.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $72.00 $9.61 – $102.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $75.00 $9.61 – $112.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.00 $9.61 – $100.00

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