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Removal of hip foreign body 27087 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

$5,009.40

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.

$8,349.00

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.

$71.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,096.65 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 $71.50 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $74.75 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicaid $78.00 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $96.39 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $101.47 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $110.77 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $993.28 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,245.61 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $2,172.24 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $2,676.36 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $2,805.36 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3,093.35 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $3,166.97 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare $3,186.15 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $3,248.02 ↓ -35%
Aetna of PA Medicare $3,248.02 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $3,339.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $3,339.60 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $3,340.51 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $3,340.82 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $3,340.82 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $3,402.68 ↓ -32%
InterGroup PPO $3,704.00 ↓ -26%
Aetna EBR FI $4,842.42 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $5,009.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $5,151.33 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $5,259.87 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $5,259.87 ↑ +5%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $5,844.30 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $6,011.28 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $6,679.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $7,096.65 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Removal of hip foreign body 27087 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $4,669.80 $71.50 – $6,615.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $4,678.80 $71.50 – $7,018.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $6,864.00 $71.50 – $9,724.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $4,578.00 $71.50 – $6,485.50
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $5,152.80 $71.50 – $6,870.40

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