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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes 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

$67.20

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.

$112.00

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.

$28.00 with Aetna vs $95.20 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
Aetna Medicare $28.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $35.84 ↓ -47%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $44.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $56.00 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $61.60 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $64.96 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $66.14 ↓ -2%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $67.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $69.10 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $70.56 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.56 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $72.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $78.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $80.64 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $81.49 ↑ +21%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $83.96 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $95.20 ↑ +42%

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Pt wheelchair management each 15 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $72.00 $25.48 – $108.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $165.60 $25.14 – $220.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $25.73 – $171.70
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $166.20 $23.57 – $235.45
UPMC Somerset Somerset $60.60 $22.59 – $75.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $76.20 $25.73 – $107.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $200.00 $25.14 – $225.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $165.60 $25.14 – $220.80

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