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Theophylline therapeutic drug level 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

$81.00

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.

$135.00

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.

$12.10 with UPMC Health Plan vs $114.75 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 $12.10 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $12.65 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $12.82 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -84%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $13.97 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $14.14 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $14.14 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $14.48 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare $14.56 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $14.85 ↓ -82%
Aetna of PA Medicare $14.85 ↓ -82%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $15.27 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $15.27 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $15.27 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $15.55 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $16.31 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $17.17 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $18.75 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $24.25 ↓ -70%
Cigna Commercial $54.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $54.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $71.01 ↓ -12%
Aetna EBR FI $78.30 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $81.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $83.30 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $85.05 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $85.05 ↑ +5%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $87.49 ↑ +8%
InterGroup PPO $87.75 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $94.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $97.20 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $108.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $114.75 ↑ +42%

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Theophylline therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $264.60 $12.10 – $374.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $201.00 $11.79 – $301.50
UPMC Muncy Muncy $163.80 $12.10 – $218.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $542.40 $11.00 – $768.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $101.40 $11.00 – $126.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $181.20 $12.10 – $256.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $198.40 $11.00 – $223.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $163.80 $12.10 – $218.40

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