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Injection therapeutic/prophylactic/diagnostic subcutaneous/im 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

$121.20

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.

$202.00

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.

$13.97 with UPMC Health Plan vs $171.70 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 $13.97 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $14.61 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $15.24 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $18.83 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $19.83 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $21.64 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $31.10 ↓ -74%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $61.53 ↓ -49%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.85 ↓ -44%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $69.12 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $69.46 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare $69.89 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $71.24 ↓ -41%
Aetna of PA Medicare $71.24 ↓ -41%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $73.27 ↓ -40%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $73.28 ↓ -40%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $73.28 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $74.64 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial $80.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $80.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $83.65 ↓ -31%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $103.07 ↓ -15%
Aetna EBR FI $117.16 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $121.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $124.63 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $127.26 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $127.26 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $131.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $141.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $145.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $161.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $171.70 ↑ +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 subcutaneous/im at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $154.80 $13.97 – $232.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $147.00 $13.97 – $196.00
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $131.40 $13.97 – $186.15
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $134.40 $13.97 – $190.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $171.60 $13.97 – $155.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $163.80 $13.97 – $232.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $147.00 $10.98 – $54.90
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $134.40 $31.88 – $190.40

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