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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls 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

$586.80

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.

$978.00

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.

$135.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $831.30 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 $135.28 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $149.17 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $152.72 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $153.65 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $156.63 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $156.63 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $161.09 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $161.10 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $161.10 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $164.09 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $220.00 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $230.00 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicaid $240.00 ↓ -59%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $296.60 ↓ -49%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $312.22 ↓ -47%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $340.84 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $391.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $391.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $472.59 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $567.24 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $582.26 ↓ -1%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $586.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $603.43 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $616.14 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $616.14 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $635.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $684.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $704.16 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $709.50 ↑ +21%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $782.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $831.30 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs eeg cont rec w/video by tec min 8 chnls at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $586.80 $124.35 – $880.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $623.40 $138.62 – $883.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $783.60 $161.10 – $1,110.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $284.40 $147.68 – $355.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $586.80 $128.79 – $831.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $547.20 $150.63 – $820.80

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