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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$108.00
Cash price 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.
$180.00
Gross charge 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.
$17.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.71 with United Healthcare — 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $17.55 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $28.05 | ↓ -74% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $29.32 | ↓ -73% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $30.60 | ↓ -72% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $37.82 | ↓ -65% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $39.81 | ↓ -63% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $43.46 | ↓ -60% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $50.94 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $62.77 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $72.00 | ↓ -33% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $103.90 | ↓ -4% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $104.40 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $108.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $111.06 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $113.40 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $113.40 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $117.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $126.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $129.60 | ↑ +20% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $144.00 | ↑ +33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $148.16 | ↑ +37% |
| Humana | Commercial | $153.00 | ↑ +42% |
| 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 | ↑ +51% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $163.37 | ↑ +51% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $167.26 | ↑ +55% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $168.27 | ↑ +56% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $171.54 | ↑ +59% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $171.54 | ↑ +59% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $176.42 | ↑ +63% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $176.44 | ↑ +63% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $176.44 | ↑ +63% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $179.71 | ↑ +66% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Immunofluorescence per specimen initial single antibody stain at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $316.20 | $17.44 – $474.30 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $84.60 | $19.58 – $122.14 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $96.00 | $17.55 – $179.71 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $316.20 | $18.36 – $447.95 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $664.80 | $17.59 – $138.00 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $168.00 | $17.59 – $238.00 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $102.40 | $19.58 – $115.20 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $84.60 | $19.58 – $122.14 |