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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple 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

$388.80

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.

$648.00

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.

$33.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $550.80 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 $33.55 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $35.08 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicaid $36.60 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.23 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.61 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.98 ↓ -87%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $152.46 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare $162.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $197.74 ↓ -49%
Cigna Commercial $259.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $259.20 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $324.00 ↓ -17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $337.70 ↓ -13%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $345.44 ↓ -11%
Aetna EBR FI $375.84 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $380.90 ↓ -2%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $388.80 ↑ +0%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $389.97 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $399.82 ↑ +3%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $399.94 ↑ +3%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.94 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $408.24 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $408.24 ↑ +5%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $411.37 ↑ +6%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $411.37 ↑ +6%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $416.07 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $418.99 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $421.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $453.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $466.56 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $518.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $550.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr incision & removal foreign body subcutaneous tissues simple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $451.20 $33.55 – $639.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $366.60 $33.55 – $549.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $589.80 $33.55 – $994.56
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $852.60 $33.55 – $1,207.85
UPMC Somerset Somerset $520.80 $33.55 – $893.55
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $477.00 $33.55 – $675.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $589.80 $21.96 – $994.56
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $589.80 $33.55 – $994.56

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