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Mopath procedure level 5 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

$3,109.80

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.

$5,183.00

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.

$176.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,105.45 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 Commercial $176.77 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $249.24 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $271.62 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $274.83 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $274.83 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $281.37 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $283.07 ↓ -91%
Aetna of PA Medicare $288.57 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $288.57 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $296.79 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $296.82 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $296.82 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $302.31 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR ASO $990.80 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $990.80 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,229.71 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $1,362.35 ↓ -56%
Aetna EBR FI $1,436.66 ↓ -54%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,486.20 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,515.10 ↓ -51%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,528.31 ↓ -51%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,560.51 ↓ -50%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,560.51 ↓ -50%
InterGroup PPO $1,610.05 ↓ -48%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,733.90 ↓ -44%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,783.44 ↓ -43%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,981.60 ↓ -36%
Humana Commercial $2,105.45 ↓ -32%

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Mopath procedure level 5 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $9,075.60 $176.69 – $511.70
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,734.80 $175.65 – $863.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $5,040.00 $214.59 – $2,059.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $8,296.20 $40.32 – $478.32
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $2,734.80 $177.12 – $897.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $6,400.00 $214.59 – $2,103.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,033.60 $214.59 – $633.60

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