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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis 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

$306.60

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.

$511.00

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.

$37.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $434.35 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 $37.80 ↓ -88%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $41.19 ↓ -87%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.68 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $41.68 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $42.67 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare $42.93 ↓ -86%
Aetna of PA Medicare $43.76 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $43.76 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $45.01 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $45.01 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $45.01 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $45.85 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.08 ↓ -77%
Aetna EBR ASO $204.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $204.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $233.98 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $281.05 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $288.28 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $296.38 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $306.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $315.29 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $321.93 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $321.93 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $332.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $357.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $367.92 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $408.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $434.35 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe mycobacteria tuberculosis at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $223.80 $34.74 – $335.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $253.80 $32.54 – $338.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $385.80 $38.73 – $514.25
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,189.20 $30.50 – $1,684.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $403.80 $35.99 – $572.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $307.20 $32.54 – $345.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $253.80 $32.54 – $338.40

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