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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide 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

$325.20

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.

$542.00

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.

$32.04 with UPMC Health Plan vs $460.70 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 $32.04 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $34.92 ↓ -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 $35.33 ↓ -89%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $35.33 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $36.17 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare $36.39 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $37.10 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $37.10 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $38.15 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $38.16 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $38.16 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $38.86 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $53.71 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $56.15 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $58.60 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $72.41 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $76.23 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $79.89 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $83.22 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $216.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $216.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $249.27 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $307.12 ↓ -6%
Aetna EBR FI $314.36 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $325.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $334.41 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $341.46 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $341.46 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $352.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $379.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $390.24 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $433.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $460.70 ↑ +42%

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Mayo vasoactive intestinal peptide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $204.00 $32.83 – $289.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $378.00 $29.45 – $567.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $375.60 $34.92 – $500.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $867.00 $34.92 – $1,228.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $178.80 $34.92 – $223.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $441.00 $30.50 – $624.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $454.40 $34.92 – $511.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $375.60 $34.92 – $500.80

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