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Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) 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

$144.00

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.

$240.00

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.

$0.53 with Aetna vs $5.59 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
Aetna Medicare $0.53 ↓ -100%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $0.69 ↓ -100%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $0.76 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $0.84 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $0.84 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1.05 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $1.06 ↓ -99%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1.10 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $1.10 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1.10 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $1.17 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $1.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicaid $1.22 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1.26 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1.30 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1.32 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $1.32 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1.35 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $1.36 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1.47 ↓ -99%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1.51 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1.68 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $1.78 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $4.53 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $5.59 ↓ -96%

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Fentanyl citrate (pf) 50 mcg/ml injection for compounding (wrapper) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $291.00 $0.53 – $1.89
UPMC Muncy Muncy $218.40 $0.15 – $0.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $451.20 $0.69 – $11.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $400.20 $0.69 – $21.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $35.40 $0.34 – $1.73
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $315.00 $0.53 – $1.78
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $218.40 $0.18 – $1.10
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $16.20 $1.10 – $21.68

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