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Fibrinogen activity 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

$105.00

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.

$175.00

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.

$8.82 with UPMC Health Plan vs $148.75 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 $8.82 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.61 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $9.72 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.72 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $9.95 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $10.01 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $10.21 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.21 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.50 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.50 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.50 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $10.69 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $10.90 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $11.40 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $11.89 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $14.70 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $15.47 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.50 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $16.89 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $42.36 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $52.19 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $70.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $70.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $101.50 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $105.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $107.97 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $110.25 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $110.25 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $113.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $122.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $126.00 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $140.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $148.75 ↑ +42%

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Fibrinogen activity at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $255.60 $9.03 – $362.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.40 $8.10 – $120.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $133.20 $9.61 – $177.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $49.20 $9.61 – $69.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.61 – $61.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $121.20 $8.39 – $171.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $160.80 $9.61 – $180.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $133.20 $9.61 – $177.60

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