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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb 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

$165.00

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.

$275.00

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.

$31.67 with UPMC Health Plan vs $233.75 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 $31.67 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $33.11 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $34.55 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $42.70 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $44.94 ↓ -73%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $49.06 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $64.07 ↓ -61%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $73.87 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $78.93 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $80.98 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $110.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $110.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $111.45 ↓ -32%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $122.89 ↓ -26%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $125.81 ↓ -24%
Aetna Medicare $126.58 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $129.03 ↓ -22%
Aetna of PA Medicare $129.03 ↓ -22%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $132.71 ↓ -20%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $132.72 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $132.72 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $135.18 ↓ -18%
Aetna EBR FI $159.50 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $165.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $169.68 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $173.25 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $173.25 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $178.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $192.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $198.00 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $220.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $233.75 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Ndl emg musc 1 xtr/non-limb at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $236.40 $24.68 – $354.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $205.80 $22.09 – $274.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $133.20 $24.92 – $188.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $243.00 $20.71 – $344.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $247.80 $19.85 – $309.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $241.20 $24.92 – $341.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $359.40 $22.09 – $479.20

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