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Ethylene glycol -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

$104.40

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.

$174.00

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.

$13.51 with UPMC Health Plan vs $147.90 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 Medicare $13.51 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.73 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.90 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $14.90 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.25 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $15.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $15.64 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $15.64 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.09 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.09 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.09 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.39 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.12 ↓ -74%
Aetna EBR ASO $69.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $69.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $79.84 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $95.70 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $98.37 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $100.92 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $104.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $107.36 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $109.62 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $109.62 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $113.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $121.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $125.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $139.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $147.90 ↑ +42%

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Ethylene glycol -sendout at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $114.60 $13.85 – $162.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $197.40 $12.42 – $296.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $202.80 $11.64 – $270.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $771.60 $10.91 – $1,093.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $28.80 $10.45 – $36.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $799.80 $12.86 – $1,133.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $245.60 $11.64 – $276.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $202.80 $11.64 – $270.40

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