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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 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

$754.20

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.

$1,257.00

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.

$77.18 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,068.45 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 $77.18 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $84.10 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $85.10 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.10 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $87.13 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $87.65 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $89.36 ↓ -88%
Aetna of PA Medicare $89.36 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $91.90 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $91.91 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $91.91 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $93.61 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $127.70 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $133.50 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicaid $139.31 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $172.16 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $181.23 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $181.41 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $197.84 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $502.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $502.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $586.20 ↓ -22%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $722.24 ↓ -4%
Aetna EBR FI $729.06 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $754.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $775.57 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $791.91 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $791.91 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $817.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $879.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $905.04 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,005.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,068.45 ↑ +42%

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Infectious agent nucleic acid quantification hiv-1 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $882.60 $70.94 – $1,323.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,066.20 $84.10 – $1,421.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $606.00 $79.08 – $858.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $739.20 $84.10 – $1,047.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $474.60 $84.10 – $593.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,473.60 $73.48 – $2,087.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,288.80 $84.10 – $1,380.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,066.20 $84.10 – $1,421.60

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