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Hematocrit 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

$24.00

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.

$40.00

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.

$2.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $34.00 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 $2.15 ↓ -91%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $2.35 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2.37 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2.37 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare $2.44 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $2.49 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2.49 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2.56 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2.56 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2.56 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $2.61 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $3.55 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $3.71 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $3.88 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $4.79 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $5.04 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $5.50 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.71 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $11.82 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $14.56 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $16.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $16.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $23.20 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $24.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $24.68 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $25.20 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $25.20 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $26.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $28.00 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $28.80 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $32.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $34.00 ↑ +42%

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Hematocrit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.80 $2.20 – $79.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $28.20 $1.98 – $42.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $78.60 $2.35 – $104.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $321.00 $2.35 – $454.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $12.60 $2.35 – $15.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $37.20 $2.05 – $52.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $95.20 $2.35 – $24.07
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $48.00 $2.35 – $64.00

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