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Muscle test cran nerv unilat 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

$297.00

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.

$495.00

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.

$27.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $420.75 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 Medicaid $27.50 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $28.75 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $30.00 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $37.08 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $39.03 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $42.60 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $122.83 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $123.75 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $151.33 ↓ -49%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $156.82 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $186.29 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $198.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $198.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $247.50 ↓ -17%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $269.24 ↓ -9%
Aetna EBR FI $287.10 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $296.88 ↓ -0%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $297.00 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $303.95 ↑ +2%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $305.42 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $311.72 ↑ +5%
Aetna of PA Medicare $311.72 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $311.85 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $311.85 ↑ +5%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $320.63 ↑ +8%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $320.63 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $321.75 ↑ +8%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $326.57 ↑ +10%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $346.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $356.40 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $396.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $420.75 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Muscle test cran nerv unilat at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $283.20 $27.50 – $424.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $3,714.00 $27.50 – $5,261.50
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $823.80 $18.00 – $1,167.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $441.00 $16.50 – $551.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $3,504.00 $27.50 – $4,964.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $235.20 $19.20 – $313.60

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