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Interdiscal perq aspir dx 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

$2,792.40

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.

$4,654.00

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.

$360.05 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,955.90 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 $360.05 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $513.90 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $608.34 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $670.79 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $686.75 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $690.91 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $704.33 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $704.33 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $724.39 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $724.45 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $724.45 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $737.87 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,109.25 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,366.68 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,861.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,861.60 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,559.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $2,699.32 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,792.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,871.52 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,932.02 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,932.02 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $3,025.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,257.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,350.88 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,723.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,955.90 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Interdiscal perq aspir dx at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,753.80 $402.55 – $2,630.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,783.80 $402.55 – $2,527.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,930.20 $360.05 – $2,412.75

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