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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion stereo guide 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

$1,787.40

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.

$2,979.00

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.

$43.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,532.15 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 $43.55 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $45.53 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $47.51 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $58.71 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $61.80 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $67.47 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $268.81 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $366.36 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $451.38 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $744.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,191.60 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,191.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,489.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $1,727.82 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,787.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,838.04 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,876.77 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,876.77 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,936.35 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,085.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,144.88 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,272.08 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,383.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,532.15 ↑ +42%

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Plc pq device breast ea addl lesion stereo guide at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,619.40 $43.55 – $2,159.20
UPMC Somerset Somerset $663.60 $43.55 – $829.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,958.40 $43.55 – $2,203.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,619.40 $43.55 – $2,159.20

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