Replace g/c tube perc 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

$2,695.80

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.

$4,493.00

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.

$56.21 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,213.87 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 Managed Medicaid $56.21 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $58.77 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicaid $61.32 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $75.78 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $79.77 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $87.08 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $810.63 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $821.87 ↓ -70%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $893.85 ↓ -67%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $915.12 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare $920.67 ↓ -66%
Aetna of PA Medicare $938.54 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $938.54 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $965.27 ↓ -64%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $965.36 ↓ -64%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $965.36 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $983.24 ↓ -64%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,150.09 ↓ -57%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,797.20 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,797.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $2,605.94 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $2,695.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $2,772.18 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,830.59 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,830.59 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,920.45 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,145.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,234.96 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $3,420.14 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $3,594.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $3,819.05 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $4,213.87 ↑ +56%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $2,872.20 $51.10 – $3,829.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $8,557.80 $53.66 – $12,836.70
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $3,972.00 $64.90 – $5,627.00
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