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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr 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

$111.20

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.

$139.00

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.

$5.39 with UPMC Health Plan vs $124.77 with Aetna — 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 $5.39 ↓ -95%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $7.74 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.54 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $8.54 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.54 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $8.54 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.74 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $8.80 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $8.97 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.97 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.22 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.22 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.22 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $9.39 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.51 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $23.83 ↓ -79%
Cigna Commercial $26.40 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR ASO $26.40 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR FI $38.28 ↓ -66%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $39.60 ↓ -64%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $40.72 ↓ -63%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $41.58 ↓ -63%
Cigna New Business ASO $41.58 ↓ -63%
InterGroup PPO $42.90 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $43.03 ↓ -61%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $46.20 ↓ -58%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $47.52 ↓ -57%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $52.80 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $53.02 ↓ -52%
Humana Commercial $56.10 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $109.17 ↓ -2%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $119.57 ↑ +8%
Aetna Medicaid $124.77 ↑ +12%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Epoetin alfa in ns IV syringe 100 unit/ml (neo/ped) - cnr at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $98.40 $5.39 – $92.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $143.40 $5.39 – $201.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $641.40 $8.45 – $24.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $255.20 $5.39 – $104.55
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $143.40 $8.54 – $201.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $160.00 $8.54 – $178.20

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