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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$1,806.60
Cash price 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.
$3,011.00
Gross charge 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.
$1,204.40 with Aetna vs $10,016.30 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | EBR ASO | $1,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $1,204.40 | ↓ -33% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $1,656.05 | ↓ -8% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $1,746.38 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $1,806.60 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $1,857.79 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $1,896.93 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $1,896.93 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $1,957.15 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $2,107.70 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $2,167.92 | ↑ +20% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $2,408.80 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $2,559.35 | ↑ +42% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $3,235.87 | ↑ +79% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $3,625.84 | ↑ +101% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $4,673.88 | ↑ +159% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $5,153.69 | ↑ +185% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $5,276.35 | ↑ +192% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $5,308.30 | ↑ +194% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $5,411.37 | ↑ +200% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $5,411.37 | ↑ +200% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $5,565.47 | ↑ +208% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $5,565.99 | ↑ +208% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $5,565.99 | ↑ +208% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $5,669.06 | ↑ +214% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $8,129.62 | ↑ +350% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $10,016.30 | ↑ +454% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
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Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $11,923.20 | $2,502.27 – $16,891.20 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $5,160.00 | $2,399.40 – $7,740.00 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $5,418.00 | $931.20 – $7,675.50 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $9,498.60 | $892.40 – $11,873.25 |
| UPMC St. Margaret | Pittsburgh | $4,867.80 | $2,044.48 – $6,896.05 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $8,073.60 | $993.28 – $10,764.80 |