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Hla i low res one antigen equiv ea 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

$837.60

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.

$1,396.00

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.

$67.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,186.60 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 $67.41 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $73.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $74.33 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $74.33 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $76.10 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $76.56 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $78.05 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $78.05 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $80.27 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $80.28 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $80.28 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $81.76 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $87.34 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $91.31 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $93.13 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $95.28 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $117.75 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $123.95 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $135.31 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $495.84 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial $558.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $558.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $610.91 ↓ -27%
Aetna EBR FI $809.68 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $837.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $861.33 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $879.48 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $879.48 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $907.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $977.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,005.12 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,116.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,186.60 ↑ +42%

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Hla i low res one antigen equiv ea at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,328.40 $69.07 – $1,258.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,253.40 $61.96 – $1,185.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $651.00 $73.46 – $868.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,253.40 $73.46 – $1,775.65
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,253.40 $64.18 – $1,175.55
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $956.80 $73.46 – $929.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $791.40 $73.46 – $1,055.20

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