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Haptoglobin quantitative 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

$57.00

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.

$95.00

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.

$11.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $80.75 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 $11.41 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $12.44 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.58 ↓ -78%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.58 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $12.88 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $12.96 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.21 ↓ -77%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.21 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $13.59 ↓ -76%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $13.59 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $13.59 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.80 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $13.84 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicaid $14.40 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $16.87 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $38.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $38.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $55.10 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $57.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $58.62 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $59.85 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $59.85 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $61.75 ↑ +8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $63.10 ↑ +11%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $66.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $68.40 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $76.00 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $77.75 ↑ +36%
Humana Commercial $80.75 ↑ +42%

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Haptoglobin quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $186.00 $11.69 – $263.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $178.20 $10.49 – $267.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $155.40 $12.44 – $207.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $684.60 $12.00 – $969.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $64.20 $12.00 – $80.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $222.60 $10.86 – $315.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $188.00 $12.00 – $181.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $155.40 $12.44 – $207.20

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