Supp non-insulin inf cath/wk 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

$15.00

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.

$25.00

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.

$6.25 with Aetna vs $153.28 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $6.25 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $10.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $10.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $12.50 ↓ -17%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $14.50 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $15.00 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $15.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $15.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $15.43 ↑ +3%
Cigna New Business ASO $15.75 ↑ +5%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $15.75 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $16.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $17.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $18.00 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $20.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $21.25 ↑ +42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $52.16 ↑ +248%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $153.28 ↑ +922%

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Supp non-insulin inf cath/wk at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $14.40 $12.00 – $126.67
UPMC East Monroeville $12.60 $5.25 – $126.67
UPMC Hamot Erie $19.20 $32.10 – $52.16
UPMC Jameson New Castle $18.00 $16.32 – $126.67
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $17.40 $32.10 – $100.03
UPMC Muncy Muncy $55.20 $23.19 – $55.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $24.00 $21.74 – $204.81
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $66.60 $23.19 – $52.16

All Pennsylvania hospitals for this procedure →