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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm 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

$2,386.20

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.

$3,977.00

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.

$854.83 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,380.45 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 Commercial $854.83 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,258.41 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,590.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,590.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,031.42 ↓ -15%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,187.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $2,306.66 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,386.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,453.81 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,502.86 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,505.51 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,505.51 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,585.05 ↑ +8%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,721.39 ↑ +14%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,783.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,863.44 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,000.76 ↑ +26%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,072.18 ↑ +29%
Aetna Medicare $3,090.78 ↑ +30%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,150.80 ↑ +32%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,150.80 ↑ +32%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,181.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,240.52 ↑ +36%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,240.82 ↑ +36%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,240.82 ↑ +36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,300.84 ↑ +38%
Humana Commercial $3,380.45 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ins tun cv cath wo subq prt/pm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,792.40 $790.16 – $3,955.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,618.40 $596.00 – $3,927.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $5,788.20 $993.28 – $7,717.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,675.80 $688.45 – $6,249.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $4,201.80 $774.79 – $3,415.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,558.40 $790.16 – $3,624.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $5,788.20 $745.38 – $3,726.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $2,739.00 $993.28 – $3,652.00

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