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Inj secretin synthetic human 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

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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.

$1,312.50

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.

$36.75 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,115.62 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 $36.75
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $40.52
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $41.48
Aetna Medicare $41.74
Aetna of PA Medicare $42.55
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $42.55
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $43.76
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $43.76
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $43.76
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $44.57
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $58.48
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $111.73
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $137.66
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $473.94
Aetna EBR ASO $525.00
Cigna Commercial $525.00
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $721.88
Aetna EBR FI $761.25
Aetna Neighborhood Network $787.50
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $809.81
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $826.88
Cigna New Business ASO $826.88
InterGroup PPO $853.12
Coventry/First Health Commercial $918.75
Health Coalition Partners PPO $945.00
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,050.00
Humana Commercial $1,115.62
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Inj secretin synthetic human at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $43.80 $20.37 – $65.70
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $169.20 $37.66 – $239.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,715.60 $42.95 – $239.70
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $126.40 $34.98 – $134.30
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $169.20 $42.59 – $239.70

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