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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention 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

$763.20

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.

$1,272.00

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.

$125.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,081.20 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 $125.40 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $131.10 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $136.80 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $169.06 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $177.97 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $194.28 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $465.40 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $483.02 ↓ -37%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $485.58 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $508.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $508.80 ↓ -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 $513.18 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $525.39 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare $528.58 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $538.84 ↓ -29%
Aetna of PA Medicare $538.84 ↓ -29%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $554.18 ↓ -27%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $554.23 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $554.23 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $564.50 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $622.00 ↓ -19%
Aetna EBR FI $737.76 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $763.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $766.35 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $784.82 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $801.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $801.36 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $826.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $890.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $915.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,017.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,081.20 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Nm imaging kidney morphology vascular flow/function single study w/pharmacological intervention at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $688.20 $125.40 – $974.95
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,385.40 $125.40 – $2,078.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,658.40 $88.32 – $2,211.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,437.40 $82.80 – $4,869.65
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,574.40 $79.35 – $485.58
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $754.80 $125.40 – $1,069.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,005.60 $88.32 – $2,256.30
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,658.40 $88.32 – $2,211.20

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