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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img 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

$8,416.80

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.

$14,028.00

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.

$2,234.51 with UPMC Work Partners vs $11,923.80 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $2,234.51 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $3,051.30 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,364.54 ↓ -60%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,444.62 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $3,465.48 ↓ -59%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,532.77 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,532.77 ↓ -58%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,633.37 ↓ -57%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,633.70 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,633.70 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,700.99 ↓ -56%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,162.80 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $5,611.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $5,611.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $7,064.46 ↓ -16%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $7,715.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $8,136.24 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $8,416.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $8,655.28 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $8,703.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $8,837.64 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $8,837.64 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $9,819.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $10,100.16 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $11,222.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $11,923.80 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ins pq tunnld ip cath w/img at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $14,346.00 $2,234.51 – $20,323.50
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $11,944.80 $2,515.16 – $17,917.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $11,676.60 $931.20 – $16,541.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $11,758.20 $892.40 – $14,697.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $8,686.20 $2,234.51 – $12,305.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $7,670.40 $993.28 – $10,227.20

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