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Ghs abscess perianal iandd 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

$3,449.40

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.

$5,749.00

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.

$83.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,886.65 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 $83.23 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $87.01 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $90.79 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $112.20 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $118.11 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $128.94 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $201.46 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $788.29 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $817.83 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $869.21 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $889.90 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $895.29 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $912.67 ↓ -74%
Aetna of PA Medicare $912.67 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $938.66 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $938.75 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $938.75 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $956.13 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,414.58 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,742.87 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $2,299.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,299.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,334.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,449.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,547.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,621.87 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,621.87 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↑ +7%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $4,024.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $4,139.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,599.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,886.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs abscess perianal iandd at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,635.60 $83.23 – $2,317.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,468.80 $83.23 – $2,203.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,512.60 $83.23 – $2,016.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,560.40 $83.23 – $5,043.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,158.00 $83.23 – $1,447.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,005.80 $83.23 – $2,841.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,829.60 $51.66 – $931.84
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,512.60 $83.23 – $2,016.80

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