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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit 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

$808.80

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.

$1,348.00

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.

$154.23 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,262.48 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 Commercial $154.23 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $157.37 ↓ -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 $173.52 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $177.65 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $178.73 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $182.20 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $182.20 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $187.38 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $187.40 ↓ -77%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $187.40 ↓ -77%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $189.29 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $190.87 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR ASO $539.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $539.20 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $741.40 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $781.84 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $808.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $831.72 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $849.24 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $849.24 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $876.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $943.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $970.56 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,024.68 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,078.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,145.80 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,262.48 ↑ +56%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $961.20 $100.64 – $1,441.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,027.80 $147.74 – $1,370.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,432.80 $161.25 – $2,028.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $818.40 $138.50 – $1,159.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $269.40 $76.34 – $336.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $893.40 $149.82 – $1,265.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,242.40 $147.74 – $1,397.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,027.80 $147.74 – $1,370.40

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