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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain 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

$272.40

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.

$454.00

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.

$28.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $385.90 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 Commercial $28.70 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $75.55 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $78.98 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicaid $82.42 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $101.74 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $101.85 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $107.22 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $117.04 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $125.36 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $148.16 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $153.62 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $163.37 ↓ -40%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $163.37 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $167.26 ↓ -39%
Aetna Medicare $168.27 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↓ -34%
Cigna Commercial $181.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $181.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $263.32 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $272.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $280.12 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $286.02 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $286.02 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $295.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $317.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $326.88 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $363.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $385.90 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ihc/icc per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $268.80 $28.52 – $403.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $84.60 $21.15 – $148.24
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $384.00 $28.69 – $544.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $838.80 $30.27 – $1,188.30
UPMC Somerset Somerset $337.20 $38.81 – $128.59
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $424.20 $28.76 – $600.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $673.60 $51.38 – $757.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $556.80 $51.38 – $742.40

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