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Ghs somatosensory testing upper & lower limbs 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

$1,858.80

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.

$3,098.00

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.

$240.33 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,633.30 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 Medicaid $240.33 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $251.25 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicaid $262.18 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $324.01 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $341.07 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $372.33 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $402.64 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $458.76 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $498.34 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $505.86 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $517.90 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare $521.04 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $531.15 ↓ -71%
Aetna of PA Medicare $531.15 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $546.28 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $546.33 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $546.33 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $556.45 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $761.90 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $938.72 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $1,239.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,239.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,796.84 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,858.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,911.47 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,951.74 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,951.74 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,013.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,168.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,230.56 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,478.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,633.30 ↑ +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 upper & lower limbs at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $764.40 $240.33 – $1,146.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $687.00 $171.75 – $916.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $855.60 $240.33 – $1,212.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,048.20 $221.27 – $1,484.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,077.00 $212.05 – $1,346.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $783.60 $240.33 – $1,110.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $687.00 $236.02 – $916.00

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