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Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm 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

$908.40

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.

$1,514.00

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.

$577.11 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,615.45 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $577.11 ↓ -36%
Aetna EBR ASO $605.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $605.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $636.35 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $651.50 ↓ -28%
Aetna Medicare $655.44 ↓ -28%
Aetna of PA Medicare $668.17 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $668.17 ↓ -26%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $671.26 ↓ -26%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $687.19 ↓ -24%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $687.26 ↓ -24%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $687.26 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $699.99 ↓ -23%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $832.70 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $878.12 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $908.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $909.62 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $934.14 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $953.82 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $953.82 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $984.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,059.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,090.08 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,120.72 ↑ +23%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,211.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,286.90 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,615.45 ↑ +78%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Njx px nfrosgrm &/urtrgrm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,292.00 $353.81 – $3,247.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,703.60 $350.48 – $4,055.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,574.20 $353.81 – $5,063.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,266.00 $346.93 – $1,582.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,726.20 $353.81 – $2,445.45
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $845.40 $560.64 – $1,127.20

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