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Mopath procedure level 9 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

$3,327.60

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.

$5,546.00

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.

$246.40 with Aetna vs $8,443.62 with UPMC Health Plan — 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
Aetna EBR ASO $246.40 ↓ -93%
Cigna Commercial $246.40 ↓ -93%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $338.80 ↓ -90%
Aetna EBR FI $357.28 ↓ -89%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $369.60 ↓ -89%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $380.07 ↓ -89%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $388.08 ↓ -88%
Cigna New Business ASO $388.08 ↓ -88%
InterGroup PPO $400.40 ↓ -88%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $431.20 ↓ -87%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $443.52 ↓ -87%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $492.80 ↓ -85%
Humana Commercial $523.60 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,813.80 ↓ -45%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,976.64 ↓ -41%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,000.00 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $2,000.00 ↓ -40%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $2,047.60 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare $2,060.00 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $2,100.00 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $2,100.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,159.80 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $2,160.00 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $2,160.00 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $2,200.00 ↓ -34%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $6,611.37 ↑ +99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $8,145.70 ↑ +145%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $8,443.62 ↑ +154%

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Mopath procedure level 9 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,422.60 $36.38 – $2,571.61
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,947.00 $171.86 – $2,547.36
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,819.20 $454.80 – $2,425.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,171.80 $40.32 – $5,748.40
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,947.00 $155.23 – $2,571.61
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $4,626.40 $545.76 – $2,728.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $4,017.00 $1,203.55 – $2,547.20

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