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Pfc sigma fem post aug sz3 8mm 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

$26,256.60

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.

$43,761.00

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.

$84.25 with Aetna vs $4,976.39 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 $84.25 ↓ -100%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $111.21 ↓ -100%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $114.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna EBR ASO $134.80 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $134.80 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $134.80 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $168.50 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $195.46 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $202.20 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $207.93 ↓ -99%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $212.31 ↓ -99%
Cigna New Business ASO $212.31 ↓ -99%
InterGroup PPO $219.05 ↓ -99%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $235.90 ↓ -99%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $242.64 ↓ -99%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $269.60 ↓ -99%
Humana Commercial $286.45 ↓ -99%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,072.09 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,552.96 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $4,976.39 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Pfc sigma fem post aug sz3 8mm at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $52,519.80 $50.16 – $3,247.34
UPMC Muncy Muncy $19,378.20 $115.20 – $691.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $30,931.20 $45.98 – $5,967.63
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $62,313.60 $20.64 – $6,649.04
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $38,883.60 $37.20 – $5,046.23
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $22,916.00 $16.38 – $81.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $23,848.80 $19.00 – $85.50

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