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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
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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.
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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.
$87.49 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,069.90 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 | Managed Medicaid | $87.49 | — |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $91.47 | — |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $95.45 | — |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $117.96 | — |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $124.17 | — |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $135.55 | — |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $357.91 | — |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $767.49 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $868.37 | — |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $1,069.90 | — |
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Inj proc myelogram lumbar at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $1,000.80 | $87.49 – $1,417.80 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $2,250.60 | $87.49 – $3,375.90 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $1,094.40 | $87.49 – $1,459.20 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $2,289.60 | $87.49 – $3,243.60 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $518.40 | $87.49 – $685.40 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $1,323.20 | $87.49 – $1,488.60 |