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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std 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

$141.00

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.

$235.00

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.

$25.50 with Aetna vs $610.77 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna Medicare $25.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna EBR ASO $40.80 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $40.80 ↓ -71%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $51.00 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $56.10 ↓ -60%
Aetna EBR FI $59.16 ↓ -58%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $61.20 ↓ -57%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $62.93 ↓ -55%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $64.26 ↓ -54%
Cigna New Business ASO $64.26 ↓ -54%
InterGroup PPO $66.30 ↓ -53%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $71.40 ↓ -49%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $73.44 ↓ -48%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $81.60 ↓ -42%
Humana Commercial $86.70 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $143.38 ↑ +2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $176.65 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $610.77 ↑ +333%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Guide worley csg 9fx50cm std at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $188.40 $26.55 – $159.30
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,166.40 $40.25 – $732.42
UPMC Somerset Somerset $92.40 $35.05 – $302.31
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $325.20 $55.77 – $619.34
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $228.00 $28.98 – $144.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,083.60 $46.71 – $155.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $3,312.00 $21.25 – $398.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $5,545.80 $14.04 – $816.06

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