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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen 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

$453.00

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.

$755.00

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.

$44.47 with UPMC Health Plan vs $641.75 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 $44.47 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $48.45 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $49.03 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $49.03 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $50.20 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $50.50 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $51.48 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $51.48 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.95 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $52.95 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $52.95 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $53.93 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $74.53 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $77.91 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $81.30 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $100.47 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $105.76 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $110.22 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $115.46 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $302.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $302.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $345.81 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $426.06 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $437.90 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $453.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $465.83 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $475.65 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $475.65 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $490.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $528.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $543.60 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $604.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $641.75 ↑ +42%

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Lymphocyte transformation mitogen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $537.60 $45.56 – $761.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $350.40 $40.87 – $525.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $630.00 $48.45 – $840.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $415.20 $48.45 – $588.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $272.40 $48.45 – $340.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $491.40 $42.33 – $696.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $761.60 $48.45 – $856.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $630.00 $48.45 – $840.00

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