Eeg during surgery 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

$604.80

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.

$1,008.00

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.

$131.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $856.80 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 $131.28 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $137.25 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicaid $143.22 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $177.00 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $186.32 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $203.40 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $252.00 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $310.20 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $382.19 ↓ -37%
Aetna EBR ASO $403.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $403.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $435.39 ↓ -28%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $472.14 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $504.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $584.64 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $604.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $621.94 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $635.04 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $635.04 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $655.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $705.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $725.76 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $806.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $856.80 ↑ +42%

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Eeg during surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $546.60 $72.53 – $728.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $826.80 $125.32 – $1,240.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $363.60 $83.02 – $1,611.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $363.60 $95.01 – $747.30
UPMC East Monroeville $619.20 $120.66 – $825.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $694.80 $119.52 – $481.98
UPMC Hanover Hanover $363.60 $95.01 – $1,611.00
UPMC Jameson New Castle $697.80 $83.41 – $472.14

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →