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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a 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

$568.20

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.

$947.00

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.

$31.82 with UPMC Health Plan vs $804.95 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 $31.82 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.68 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.09 ↓ -94%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $35.09 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $35.93 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare $36.14 ↓ -94%
Aetna of PA Medicare $36.84 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $36.84 ↓ -94%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $37.89 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $37.90 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $37.90 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $38.60 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.39 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $233.98 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $288.28 ↓ -49%
Aetna EBR ASO $378.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $378.80 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $520.85 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $549.26 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $568.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $584.30 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $596.61 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $596.61 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $615.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $662.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $681.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $757.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $804.95 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $508.20 $25.68 – $719.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $195.60 $24.61 – $244.50

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