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Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit 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

$490.20

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.

$817.00

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.

$64.27 with UPMC Health Plan vs $694.45 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 $64.27 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $67.19 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicaid $70.12 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $86.65 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $91.22 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $99.58 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $172.40 ↓ -65%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $269.24 ↓ -45%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $296.88 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $303.95 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare $305.79 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $311.72 ↓ -36%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↓ -36%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $320.60 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $326.57 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $326.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $326.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $379.33 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $467.37 ↓ -5%
Aetna EBR FI $473.86 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $490.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $504.09 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $514.71 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $514.71 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $531.05 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $558.32 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $571.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $588.24 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $653.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $694.45 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ghs somatosensory testing lower extremit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $978.60 $64.27 – $1,467.90
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,864.80 $64.27 – $2,641.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $753.00 $38.95 – $1,066.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $720.60 $37.33 – $900.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,813.80 $64.27 – $2,569.55

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