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Plcmt xtn pros evasc rpr per vsl 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

$2,689.80

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.

$4,483.00

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.

$429.17 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,810.55 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $429.17 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $549.01 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $676.42 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare $1,120.75 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,793.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,793.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $2,241.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $2,465.65 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $2,600.14 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,689.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,766.01 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,824.29 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,824.29 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,913.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,138.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,227.76 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,419.18 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,586.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,810.55 ↑ +42%

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Plcmt xtn pros evasc rpr per vsl at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Somerset Somerset $9,316.20 $209.39 – $11,645.25

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