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Prolactin 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

$102.00

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.

$170.00

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.

$17.58 with UPMC Health Plan vs $144.50 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 $17.58 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $19.15 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $19.38 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $19.38 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.84 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $19.96 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $20.35 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $20.35 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.93 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.93 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.93 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $21.32 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $27.60 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicaid $28.80 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $32.22 ↓ -68%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $35.59 ↓ -65%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $37.47 ↓ -63%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $40.90 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $68.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $68.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $97.16 ↓ -5%
Aetna EBR FI $98.60 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $102.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $104.89 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $107.10 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $107.10 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $110.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $119.00 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $119.71 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $122.40 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $136.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $144.50 ↑ +42%

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Prolactin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $435.60 $18.01 – $617.10
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $139.20 $16.16 – $208.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $307.20 $19.15 – $409.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $955.80 $19.15 – $1,354.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $98.40 $19.15 – $123.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $197.40 $16.73 – $279.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $372.00 $19.15 – $418.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $307.20 $19.15 – $409.60

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