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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl 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

$62.40

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.

$104.00

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.

$9.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $88.40 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 Medicare $9.52 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $9.66 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $10.37 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $10.50 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $10.50 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $10.75 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $10.81 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $11.03 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $11.03 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $11.34 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $11.34 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $11.34 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $11.55 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $13.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicaid $14.40 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $17.80 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $18.73 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $20.45 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $23.83 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $29.36 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $41.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $41.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $60.32 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $62.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $64.17 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $65.52 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $65.52 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $67.60 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $72.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $74.88 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $83.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $88.40 ↑ +42%

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Lipoprotein direct measurement ldl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $129.00 $9.27 – $171.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $49.80 $8.75 – $74.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $164.40 $10.37 – $219.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $45.60 $9.27 – $64.60
UPMC Somerset Somerset $54.00 $9.09 – $33.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $117.00 $9.07 – $165.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $199.20 $10.37 – $224.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $164.40 $10.37 – $219.20

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