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Pr removal drug delivery implant 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

$1,600.20

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.

$2,667.00

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.

$101.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,266.95 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 $101.56 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $106.18 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicaid $110.80 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $136.93 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $144.14 ↓ -91%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $157.35 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $248.73 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $345.02 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $380.44 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $389.49 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $391.85 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $399.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $399.46 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $410.84 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $410.88 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $410.88 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $418.48 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $675.40 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $832.15 ↓ -48%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,037.29 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $1,066.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,066.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,546.86 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,600.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,645.54 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,680.21 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,680.21 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,733.55 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,866.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,920.24 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,133.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,266.95 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Pr removal drug delivery implant at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,440.00 $101.56 – $2,160.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,962.60 $101.56 – $2,780.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $1,165.20 $101.56 – $1,456.50
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $2,048.80 $53.28 – $993.28
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,602.00 $101.56 – $993.28

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