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Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress 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

$945.00

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.

$1,575.00

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.

$112.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,338.75 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 $112.20 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $117.30 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicaid $122.40 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $151.27 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $159.23 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $173.83 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $347.43 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $383.10 ↓ -59%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $392.22 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare $394.59 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $402.25 ↓ -57%
Aetna of PA Medicare $402.25 ↓ -57%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $413.71 ↓ -56%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $413.75 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $413.75 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $421.41 ↓ -55%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $594.86 ↓ -37%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $595.42 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $630.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $630.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $767.21 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $913.50 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $945.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $945.26 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $971.77 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $992.25 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $992.25 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,023.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,102.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,134.00 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,260.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,338.75 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Nm imaging cardiac blood pooling planar single study at rest or stress at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,709.00 $112.20 – $3,837.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,369.40 $112.20 – $3,554.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,651.20 $78.08 – $2,201.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,343.00 $73.20 – $3,319.25
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,228.80 $70.15 – $1,086.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,257.60 $112.20 – $1,781.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,996.80 $78.08 – $2,246.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,651.20 $78.08 – $2,201.60

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