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Mr sfty med physics xm cstmz 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

$444.00

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.

$740.00

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.

$156.65 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $629.00 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $156.65 ↓ -65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $193.00 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $199.31 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $209.00 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $230.45 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $235.93 ↓ -47%
Aetna Medicare $237.36 ↓ -47%
Aetna of PA Medicare $241.97 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $241.97 ↓ -46%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $248.86 ↓ -44%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $248.89 ↓ -44%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $248.89 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $253.50 ↓ -43%
Aetna EBR ASO $296.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $296.00 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $407.00 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $429.20 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $444.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $456.58 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $466.20 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $466.20 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $481.00 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $518.00 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $532.80 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $564.40 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $592.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $629.00 ↑ +42%

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Mr sfty med physics xm cstmz at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $444.00 $135.66 – $629.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $444.00 $60.36 – $666.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $439.80 $109.95 – $586.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $591.60 $60.93 – $838.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $444.00 $59.74 – $555.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $444.00 $135.66 – $629.00
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $439.80 $131.94 – $659.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $439.80 $197.91 – $586.40

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