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Protein s total 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

$75.60

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.

$126.00

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.

$10.53 with UPMC Health Plan vs $107.10 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 $10.53 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $11.47 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $11.61 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.61 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $11.89 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $11.96 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $12.19 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $12.19 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $12.54 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.54 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $12.54 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $12.77 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.59 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.62 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.42 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicaid $19.22 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.76 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $25.01 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $27.30 ↓ -64%
Cigna Commercial $50.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $50.40 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $58.18 ↓ -23%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $71.68 ↓ -5%
Aetna EBR FI $73.08 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $75.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $77.74 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $79.38 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $79.38 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $81.90 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $88.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $90.72 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $100.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $107.10 ↑ +42%

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Protein s total at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $105.00 $10.79 – $148.75
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $108.60 $9.68 – $162.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $551.40 $11.47 – $735.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $337.20 $11.47 – $477.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $58.80 $11.47 – $73.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $192.60 $10.02 – $272.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $666.40 $11.47 – $203.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $551.40 $11.47 – $735.20

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