Exc malig feenl 3.1-4.0 11644 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

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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.

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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.

$243.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,333.69 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $243.10 —
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $254.15 —
Aetna Medicaid $265.20 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $327.74 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $345.00 —
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $376.63 —
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $761.09 —
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,085.38 —
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,400.89 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,544.70 —
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,581.46 —
Aetna Medicare $1,591.04 —
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,621.93 —
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,621.93 —
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,668.12 —
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,668.28 —
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,668.28 —
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,699.17 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,894.12 —
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,333.69 —
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Exc malig feenl 3.1-4.0 11644 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $519.60 $232.05 – $1,041.88
UPMC Kane Kane $1,239.60 $243.10 – $1,628.51
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,451.80 $243.10 – $1,668.28
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,734.40 $243.10 – $803.83
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $955.80 $243.10 – $1,652.83
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $298.35 – $4,217.85
UPMC Lititz Lititz not published $280.67 – $2,489.89
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh not published $243.10 – $1,699.17

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