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Finasteride, 5 mg 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

$32.20

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.

$40.25

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.

$0.07 with United Healthcare Community Plan for Families vs $34.21 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
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $0.07 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicaid $0.08 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $0.08 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare $10.06 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $12.21 ↓ -62%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $14.53 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $15.04 ↓ -53%
Aetna EBR ASO $16.10 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $16.10 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $19.45 ↓ -40%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.12 ↓ -38%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.14 ↓ -31%
Aetna EBR FI $23.34 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $24.15 ↓ -25%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $24.83 ↓ -23%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $25.36 ↓ -21%
Cigna New Business ASO $25.36 ↓ -21%
InterGroup PPO $26.16 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.18 ↓ -12%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $28.98 ↓ -10%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32.20 ↑ +0%
Humana Commercial $34.21 ↑ +6%

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Finasteride, 5 mg at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11.00 $3.44 – $12.69
UPMC Muncy Muncy $20.60 $3.86 – $23.18
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $35.55 $0.07 – $23.32
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $35.55 $0.07 – $25.99
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $49.80 $0.08 – $52.91
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $20.60 $0.07 – $23.18
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $35.55 $4.65 – $19.12
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $20.60 $6.95 – $23.18

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