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H pylori (c-13) breath 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

$346.80

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.

$578.00

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.

$61.09 with UPMC Health Plan vs $491.30 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 $61.09 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $66.11 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $66.57 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.36 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $67.36 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $68.96 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $69.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare $69.38 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $70.73 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $70.73 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $72.12 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $72.74 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $72.75 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $72.75 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $74.10 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $89.13 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $93.82 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $95.18 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $102.42 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial $231.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $231.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $299.11 ↓ -14%
Aetna EBR FI $335.24 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $346.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $356.63 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $364.14 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $364.14 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $368.52 ↑ +6%
InterGroup PPO $375.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $404.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $416.16 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $462.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $491.30 ↑ +42%

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H pylori (c-13) breath at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $401.40 $62.60 – $568.65
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $259.20 $56.15 – $388.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $379.20 $66.11 – $505.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $371.40 $60.10 – $526.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $340.80 $66.11 – $426.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $379.20 $58.16 – $537.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $458.40 $60.10 – $515.70

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