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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete 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

$1,210.80

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.

$2,018.00

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.

$200.69 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,715.30 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 $200.69 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $209.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $209.82 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $218.94 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $230.45 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $235.93 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $237.36 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $241.97 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $241.97 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $248.86 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $248.89 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $248.89 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $253.50 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $270.57 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $284.82 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $310.93 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $535.01 ↓ -56%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $544.47 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $659.18 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $784.38 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial $807.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $807.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $1,170.44 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,210.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,245.11 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,271.34 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,271.34 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $1,311.70 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,412.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,452.96 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $1,614.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $1,715.30 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Scan duplex abd/pelvis/retroperitoneal complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,025.40 $192.10 – $1,538.10
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,265.40 $152.76 – $1,687.20
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,404.00 $200.69 – $1,989.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,350.60 $143.21 – $1,913.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $819.60 $81.52 – $537.16
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $798.60 $198.97 – $1,131.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,530.40 $152.76 – $1,721.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $1,265.40 $152.76 – $1,687.20

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