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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution 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

$476.80

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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.

$596.00

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.

$2.97 with Aetna vs $292.20 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
Aetna Medicare $2.97 ↓ -99%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $4.29 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR ASO $4.75 ↓ -99%
Cigna Commercial $4.75 ↓ -99%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $5.94 ↓ -99%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $6.53 ↓ -99%
Aetna EBR FI $6.89 ↓ -99%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $7.13 ↓ -99%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $7.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $7.48 ↓ -98%
Cigna New Business ASO $7.48 ↓ -98%
InterGroup PPO $7.72 ↓ -98%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $8.32 ↓ -98%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $8.55 ↓ -98%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $9.50 ↓ -98%
Humana Commercial $10.10 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $14.60 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $15.99 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $16.68 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $194.62 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $237.16 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $292.20 ↓ -39%

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Sumatriptan 6 mg/0.5 ml subcutaneous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $321.60 $2.97 – $127.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $148.00 $27.75 – $166.50
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $73.05 – $1,552.10
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $69.57 – $2,153.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $105.60 $59.26 – $132.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $874.40 $2.97 – $197.35
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $148.00 $33.30 – $166.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $1,520.40 $90.40 – $2,153.90

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