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Hbot, full body chamber, 30m 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

$430.80

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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$718.00

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.

$48.28 with UPMC Health Plan vs $610.30 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 $48.28 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $50.47 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $52.67 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $65.09 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $68.52 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $74.80 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $77.00 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $94.86 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $179.50 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $238.26 ↓ -45%
Aetna EBR ASO $287.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $287.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $359.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $416.44 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $430.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $443.01 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $452.34 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $452.34 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $466.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $502.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $516.96 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $574.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $610.30 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Hbot, full body chamber, 30m at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $944.40 $29.67 – $1,416.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,117.80 $29.95 – $1,583.55
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,033.80 $29.95 – $1,464.55
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $873.60 $48.28 – $1,310.40

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