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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug 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

$144.60

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.

$241.00

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.

$14.31 with UPMC Health Plan vs $204.85 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 Medicaid $14.31 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $14.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $15.61 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $19.29 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -86%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $22.17 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $35.27 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $39.89 ↓ -72%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $43.99 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $45.04 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare $45.31 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $46.19 ↓ -68%
Aetna of PA Medicare $46.19 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $47.50 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $47.51 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $47.51 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $48.39 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $96.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $96.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $118.20 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $123.94 ↓ -14%
Aetna EBR FI $139.78 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $144.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $145.63 ↑ +1%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $148.70 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $151.83 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $151.83 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $156.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $168.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $173.52 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $192.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $204.85 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic each addl sequential IV push new substance/drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $203.40 $14.31 – $305.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $147.00 $14.31 – $196.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $14.31 – $422.45
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $438.00 $14.31 – $620.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $108.00 $14.31 – $98.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $238.80 $14.31 – $338.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $177.60 $14.31 – $199.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $147.00 $14.31 – $196.00

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