Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$463.80
Cash price 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.
$773.00
Gross charge 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.
$42.79 with UPMC Health Plan vs $713.51 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $42.79 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $44.73 | ↓ -90% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $46.68 | ↓ -90% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $57.69 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $60.73 | ↓ -87% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $66.29 | ↓ -86% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $75.51 | ↓ -84% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $193.25 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $269.84 | ↓ -42% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $309.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $309.20 | ↓ -33% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $386.50 | ↓ -17% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $448.34 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $463.80 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $476.94 | ↑ +3% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $486.99 | ↑ +5% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $486.99 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $502.45 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $541.10 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $556.56 | ↑ +20% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $579.11 | ↑ +25% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $618.40 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $657.05 | ↑ +42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $713.51 | ↑ +54% |
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Swallowing Evaluation (Bedside) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $373.80 | $38.90 – $498.40 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $413.40 | $40.84 – $620.10 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $532.80 | $49.40 – $754.80 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $418.80 | $40.84 – $558.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $532.80 | $49.40 – $1,395.12 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $486.60 | $42.79 – $648.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $489.00 | $42.79 – $223.13 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $532.80 | $49.40 – $591.00 |