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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$166.20

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.

$277.00

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.

$22.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $235.45 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 $22.92 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $24.15 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.98 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $25.20 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $25.27 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.27 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $25.87 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $26.03 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $26.53 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $26.53 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $27.29 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $27.29 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $27.29 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $27.80 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.78 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.00 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial $110.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $110.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $126.78 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $156.21 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $160.66 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $166.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $170.91 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $174.51 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $174.51 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $180.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $193.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $199.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $221.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $235.45 ↑ +42%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $535.80 $23.10 – $759.05
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $189.60 $21.07 – $284.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $479.40 $23.10 – $639.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $451.20 $21.00 – $639.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $127.80 $23.10 – $159.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $463.20 $21.82 – $656.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $580.00 $21.00 – $652.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $479.40 $23.10 – $639.20

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