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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed 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

$5,218.20

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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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$8,697.00

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.

$85.38 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,392.45 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 $85.38 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $89.26 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $93.14 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $115.11 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $121.17 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $132.28 ↓ -97%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $143.03 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $810.63 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $893.85 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $915.12 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $920.67 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $938.54 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $938.54 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $965.36 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $983.24 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,317.87 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,173.44 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,677.85 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $3,478.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,478.80 ↓ -33%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -29%
Aetna EBR FI $5,044.26 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5,218.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5,366.05 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5,479.11 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,479.11 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $6,087.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $6,261.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,957.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,392.45 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs ed peritoneal lavage w guidance if performed at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,763.20 $85.38 – $5,644.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,660.40 $85.38 – $3,325.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $5,277.60 $85.38 – $7,916.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,277.60 $85.38 – $7,036.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh not published $85.38 – $983.24

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