Neg pres wound ther drsg set 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

$102.60

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.

$171.00

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.

$35.75 with Aetna vs $160.06 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 Medicare $35.75 ↓ -65%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.06 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $57.20 ↓ -44%
Aetna EBR ASO $57.20 ↓ -44%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $71.50 ↓ -30%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $78.65 ↓ -23%
Aetna EBR FI $82.94 ↓ -19%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $85.80 ↓ -16%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $88.23 ↓ -14%
Cigna New Business ASO $90.09 ↓ -12%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $90.09 ↓ -12%
InterGroup PPO $92.95 ↓ -9%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $100.10 ↓ -2%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $102.96 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $105.85 ↑ +3%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $114.40 ↑ +12%
Humana Commercial $121.55 ↑ +18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $130.41 ↑ +27%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $160.06 ↑ +56%

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Neg pres wound ther drsg set at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,196.00 $40.78 – $132.27
UPMC East Monroeville $1,288.80 $36.50 – $132.27
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,615.20 $40.78 – $52.06
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,939.20 $52.06 – $132.27
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,627.80 $19.09 – $132.27
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $1,406.40 $21.00 – $132.27
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $108.60 $21.00 – $132.27
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,422.00 $40.78 – $104.45

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