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Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions 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

$1,687.20

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.

$2,812.00

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.

$92.74 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,390.20 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 $92.74 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $101.06 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $102.26 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $102.26 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $104.69 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $105.33 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $107.37 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $107.37 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $110.43 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $110.44 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $110.44 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $112.49 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $132.72 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $224.08 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $234.27 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicaid $244.45 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $302.10 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $318.01 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $347.16 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $666.86 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $821.63 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $1,124.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,124.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,630.96 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,687.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,735.00 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,771.56 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,771.56 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,827.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,968.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,024.64 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,249.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,390.20 ↑ +42%

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Ghs alpha thalasemia, 7 deletions at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,771.20 $95.03 – $2,136.90
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $101.06 – $2,017.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $591.60 $101.06 – $739.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,687.20 $88.29 – $2,390.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,593.00 $101.06 – $2,124.00

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