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Reticulocyte automated 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

$33.00

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.

$55.00

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.

$3.62 with UPMC Health Plan vs $46.75 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 $3.62 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $3.95 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $3.99 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $3.99 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $4.08 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare $4.11 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $4.19 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $4.19 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $4.31 ↓ -87%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $4.31 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $4.31 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $4.39 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.95 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $5.17 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicaid $5.40 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $5.83 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $6.67 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $7.02 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $7.67 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $22.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $22.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $28.22 ↓ -14%
Aetna EBR FI $31.90 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $33.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $33.94 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $34.65 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $34.65 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $34.77 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $35.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $38.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $39.60 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $44.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $46.75 ↑ +42%

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Reticulocyte automated at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $121.20 $3.71 – $153.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $55.80 $3.33 – $83.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $75.60 $3.95 – $100.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $255.60 $3.95 – $362.10
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $37.20 $3.44 – $52.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $91.20 $3.95 – $102.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $75.60 $3.95 – $100.80

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