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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq 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

$646.80

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.

$1,078.00

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.

$148.16 with UPMC Health Plan vs $916.30 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 $148.16 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $163.37 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $163.37 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $167.26 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $168.27 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $171.54 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $171.54 ↓ -73%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.42 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $176.44 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $176.44 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $177.96 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $179.71 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $186.05 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicaid $194.14 ↓ -70%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $239.92 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $241.84 ↓ -63%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $252.55 ↓ -61%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $275.71 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $279.34 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $297.97 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $431.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $431.20 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $531.20 ↓ -18%
Aetna EBR FI $625.24 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $646.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $665.13 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $679.14 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $679.14 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $700.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $754.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $776.16 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $862.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $916.30 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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M/phmtrc alys ishquant/semiq at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $507.60 $93.18 – $761.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $404.40 $101.10 – $539.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $559.80 $94.07 – $391.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $591.00 $94.07 – $837.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $337.20 $92.24 – $421.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $488.80 $109.98 – $549.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $404.40 $141.17 – $539.20

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