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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level 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

$89.40

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.

$149.00

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.

$13.88 with UPMC Health Plan vs $126.65 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 Medicare $13.88 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.12 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $15.30 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.30 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.35 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $15.66 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $15.76 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $16.07 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.07 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $16.52 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $16.52 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $16.52 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $16.83 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.61 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.41 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $19.21 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.74 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.99 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.28 ↓ -69%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $57.36 ↓ -36%
Cigna Commercial $59.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $59.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $70.67 ↓ -21%
Aetna EBR FI $86.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $89.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $91.93 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $93.87 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $93.87 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $96.85 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $104.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $107.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $119.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $126.65 ↑ +42%

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Phenobarbital therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $273.00 $14.22 – $386.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $322.80 $12.75 – $484.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $163.80 $15.12 – $218.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $664.20 $15.12 – $940.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $110.40 $15.12 – $138.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $109.20 $13.21 – $154.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $198.40 $15.12 – $145.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $163.80 $15.12 – $208.00

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