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Estrogens total-sendout 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

$292.80

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.

$488.00

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.

$15.31 with UPMC Health Plan vs $414.80 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 $15.31 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $16.01 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicaid $16.70 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $19.68 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $20.64 ↓ -93%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.45 ↓ -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 $21.70 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.70 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $21.73 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $22.22 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare $22.35 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $22.79 ↓ -92%
Aetna of PA Medicare $22.79 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.43 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.44 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.44 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $23.72 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $23.87 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $44.84 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $151.82 ↓ -48%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $187.05 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $195.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $195.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $283.04 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $292.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $301.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $307.44 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $307.44 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $317.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $341.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $351.36 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $390.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $414.80 ↑ +42%

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Estrogens total-sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $322.20 $15.31 – $456.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $227.40 $15.31 – $341.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $310.20 $15.31 – $413.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $711.60 $13.92 – $1,008.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $110.40 $15.31 – $138.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $253.80 $15.31 – $359.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $375.20 $13.92 – $422.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $310.20 $15.31 – $413.60

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