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Ferritin 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

$76.20

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.

$127.00

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.

$12.36 with UPMC Health Plan vs $107.95 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 $12.36 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.47 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $13.63 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $13.63 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.80 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.95 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $14.04 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.31 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicaid $14.40 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.72 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.72 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.72 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.99 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $18.89 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -73%
Cigna Commercial $50.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $50.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $68.31 ↓ -10%
Aetna EBR FI $73.66 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $76.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $78.36 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $80.01 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $80.01 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $82.55 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $84.17 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $88.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $91.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $101.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $107.95 ↑ +42%

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Ferritin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $264.60 $12.67 – $353.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $178.20 $11.36 – $267.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $223.20 $13.20 – $297.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $570.00 $12.00 – $807.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $68.40 $12.00 – $73.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $121.20 $11.77 – $171.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $256.80 $5.04 – $25.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $212.40 $13.20 – $283.20

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