Insertion intravascular vena cava (ivc) access supervision & interpretation w/imaging guidance 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

$1,806.60

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$3,011.00

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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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$1,204.40 with Cigna vs $10,016.30 with Highmark BCBS of PA — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Cigna Commercial $1,204.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $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%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,896.93 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $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%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $5,565.99 ↑ +208%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $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%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime 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 Altoona Altoona $6,817.80 $3,132.34 – $9,090.40
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $13,456.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,911.00 $882.88 – $3,625.84
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $13,456.35
UPMC East Monroeville $2,328.00 $1,280.40 – $5,565.99
UPMC Hamot Erie $7,189.20 $3,132.34 – $7,495.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $9,498.60 $1,016.56 – $8,262.51
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $3,606.00 $2,515.42 – $6,093.80

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