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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling 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

$297.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$495.00

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.

$28.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $445.91 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $28.00 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $29.27 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $30.54 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.74 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.73 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $43.37 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $107.25 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $111.45 ↓ -62%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $116.40 ↓ -61%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.89 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $125.81 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $126.58 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $129.03 ↓ -57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -55%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $135.18 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $198.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $198.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $287.10 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $297.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $305.42 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $311.85 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $311.85 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $321.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $346.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $356.40 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $361.92 ↑ +22%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $396.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $420.75 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $445.91 ↑ +50%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder non indwelling at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $309.00 $28.00 – $437.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $544.20 $28.00 – $816.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $247.20 $28.00 – $329.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $609.00 $28.00 – $862.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $558.60 $28.00 – $698.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $400.80 $28.00 – $567.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $298.40 $9.00 – $107.25
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $247.20 $28.00 – $116.80

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