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Mastoids complete 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

$348.60

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.

$581.00

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.

$45.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $493.85 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 Commercial $45.15 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $91.94 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $103.79 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -70%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $106.45 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $111.52 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $113.86 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $142.65 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $175.76 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $232.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $232.40 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $319.55 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $336.98 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $348.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $358.48 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $366.03 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $366.03 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $377.65 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $406.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $418.32 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $464.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $493.85 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Mastoids complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $360.00 $45.13 – $510.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $44.87 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $479.40 $35.20 – $639.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $33.00 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $262.80 $31.62 – $328.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $45.24 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $580.00 $35.20 – $652.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $479.40 $35.20 – $639.20

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