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Flow cytometry one marker technical component 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

$288.60

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.

$481.00

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.

$37.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $408.85 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 Commercial $37.41 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $40.85 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $42.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $44.57 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $55.08 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $57.98 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $63.29 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.96 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $192.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $192.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $223.99 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $275.98 ↓ -4%
Aetna EBR FI $278.98 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $288.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $296.78 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $303.03 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $303.03 ↑ +5%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $311.02 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $312.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $336.70 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $342.95 ↑ +19%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $342.95 ↑ +19%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $346.32 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $351.11 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare $353.24 ↑ +22%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $360.10 ↑ +25%
Aetna of PA Medicare $360.10 ↑ +25%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $370.35 ↑ +28%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $370.39 ↑ +28%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $370.39 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $377.25 ↑ +31%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $384.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $408.85 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Flow cytometry one marker technical component at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $338.40 $37.17 – $507.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $276.60 $40.85 – $368.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $537.00 $37.39 – $377.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $645.60 $37.14 – $528.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $664.80 $40.85 – $831.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $350.40 $37.48 – $496.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,882.40 $37.14 – $358.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $276.60 $40.85 – $368.80

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