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Gamunex-c/gammaked 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

$345.60

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.

$2,896.33

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.

$30.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $364.65 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 Medicaid $30.92 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $44.40 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.96 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.96 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $48.96 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $48.96 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $50.13 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $50.43 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $51.41 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $51.41 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $52.87 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.88 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $52.88 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $53.86 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $60.23 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $154.91 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $171.60 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $171.60 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $237.74 ↓ -31%
Aetna EBR FI $248.82 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $257.40 ↓ -26%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $264.69 ↓ -23%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $270.27 ↓ -22%
Cigna New Business ASO $270.27 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $278.85 ↓ -19%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $292.92 ↓ -15%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $300.30 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $308.88 ↓ -11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $343.20 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial $364.65 ↑ +6%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Gamunex-c/gammaked at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $345.60 $30.92 – $386.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $260.40 $30.92 – $364.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $450.40 $30.92 – $478.55
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $259.20 $48.96 – $364.65
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $338.40 $48.96 – $345.60

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