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Radiation treatment aid(s) 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

$823.20

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.

$1,372.00

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.

$64.59 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,166.20 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $64.59 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $67.53 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicaid $70.46 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $87.08 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $91.67 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $100.07 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $114.80 ↓ -86%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $126.58 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $129.59 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare $130.38 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $132.91 ↓ -84%
Aetna of PA Medicare $132.91 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $136.69 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $136.71 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $136.71 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $139.24 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $260.63 ↓ -68%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $270.89 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $347.35 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $427.96 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial $548.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $548.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $795.76 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $823.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $846.52 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $864.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $864.36 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $891.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $960.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $987.84 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,097.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,166.20 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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