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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional 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

$34.80

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$58.00

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.

$3.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $49.30 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 $3.56 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.60 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $3.76 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.88 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3.92 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.92 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $3.92 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $4.01 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $4.04 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $4.12 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.12 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4.23 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.23 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.23 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $4.31 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.85 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.10 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.57 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $6.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $13.36 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $16.46 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $23.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $23.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $33.64 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $34.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $35.79 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $36.54 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $36.54 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $37.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $40.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $41.76 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $46.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $49.30 ↑ +42%

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Glucose tolerance test (gtt) >3 specimens each additional at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $20.40 $3.60 – $28.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $45.60 $3.27 – $68.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $42.60 $3.60 – $56.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $25.20 $3.27 – $35.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $20.40 $3.60 – $15.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $19.80 $3.38 – $28.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $52.00 $3.27 – $58.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $42.60 $3.60 – $56.80

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