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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour 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

$228.60

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.

$381.00

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.

$21.16 with UPMC Health Plan vs $323.85 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 Managed Medicaid $21.16 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $22.13 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $23.09 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.53 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $30.04 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $32.79 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $51.32 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $61.53 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $67.85 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $69.46 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $69.89 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $71.24 ↓ -69%
Aetna of PA Medicare $71.24 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $73.27 ↓ -68%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $73.28 ↓ -68%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $73.28 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $74.64 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $152.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $152.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $187.42 ↓ -18%
Aetna EBR FI $220.98 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $228.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $230.92 ↑ +1%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $231.55 ↑ +1%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $235.08 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $240.03 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $240.03 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $247.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $266.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $274.32 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $304.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $323.85 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis addl sequential infusion new drug/substance > 1 hour at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $241.20 $21.16 – $361.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $285.60 $21.16 – $380.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $298.20 $21.16 – $422.45
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UPMC Somerset Somerset $171.60 $21.16 – $214.50
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UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $285.60 $21.16 – $167.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $285.60 $21.16 – $380.80

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