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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated 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

$910.20

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.

$1,517.00

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.

$221.17 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,289.45 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 $221.17 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $243.87 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $249.67 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare $251.19 ↓ -72%
Aetna of PA Medicare $256.06 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $256.06 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $263.36 ↓ -71%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $263.38 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $263.38 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $268.26 ↓ -71%
Aetna EBR ASO $606.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $606.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $740.53 ↓ -19%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $834.35 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $879.86 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $910.20 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $912.39 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $935.99 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $955.71 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $955.71 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $986.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,061.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,092.24 ↑ +20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,125.03 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,213.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,289.45 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Red blood cells leukocytes reduced irradiated each unit at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $797.40 $203.29 – $1,196.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,189.20 $202.32 – $1,783.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $677.40 $226.63 – $959.65
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $2,600.40 $189.67 – $3,683.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $376.80 $181.77 – $471.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $646.80 $210.56 – $916.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,438.40 $202.32 – $1,618.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,189.20 $202.32 – $1,783.80

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