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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion 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

$133.20

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.

$222.00

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.

$12.57 with UPMC Health Plan vs $188.70 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 $12.57 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.14 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $13.72 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.95 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.84 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $19.48 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $30.84 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare $55.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $88.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $88.80 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $99.48 ↓ -25%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $109.56 ↓ -18%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $111.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $128.76 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $133.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $134.99 ↑ +1%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $136.97 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $139.86 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $139.86 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $144.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $155.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $159.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $177.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $188.70 ↑ +42%

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IV infusion therapy/prophylaxis/diagnosis concurrent infusion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $159.00 $12.57 – $238.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $388.20 $12.57 – $517.60
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $422.40 $12.57 – $598.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $166.20 $12.57 – $235.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $325.20 $12.57 – $406.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $142.20 $12.57 – $201.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $344.80 $12.57 – $387.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $285.60 $12.57 – $380.80

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