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Susceptibility mic per plate 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

$42.00

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.

$70.00

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.

$7.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $59.50 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 $7.84 ↓ -81%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.55 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $8.65 ↓ -79%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.65 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.86 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $8.91 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $9.08 ↓ -78%
Aetna of PA Medicare $9.08 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $9.20 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $9.34 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $9.34 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $9.34 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $9.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicaid $9.60 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $10.93 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.49 ↓ -70%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $28.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $28.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $40.60 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $42.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $43.19 ↑ +3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $43.37 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $44.10 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $44.10 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $45.50 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $49.00 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $50.40 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $53.44 ↑ +27%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $56.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $59.50 ↑ +42%

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Susceptibility mic per plate at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $168.60 $8.04 – $84.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $96.00 $7.21 – $144.00
UPMC Muncy Muncy $187.80 $8.55 – $248.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $88.20 $8.00 – $124.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $48.60 $8.55 – $39.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $74.40 $7.47 – $105.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $224.80 $8.00 – $252.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $186.00 $8.55 – $248.00

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