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Thyroglobulin antibody 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

$223.20

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.

$372.00

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.

$14.43 with UPMC Health Plan vs $95.20 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 $14.43 ↓ -94%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $15.73 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $15.91 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $15.91 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $16.29 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare $16.39 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $16.71 ↓ -93%
Aetna of PA Medicare $16.71 ↓ -93%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $17.18 ↓ -92%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $17.18 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $17.18 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $17.50 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.30 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $20.90 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.22 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicaid $22.14 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.36 ↓ -88%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.80 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $31.44 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial $44.80 ↓ -80%
Aetna EBR ASO $44.80 ↓ -80%
Aetna EBR FI $64.96 ↓ -71%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $67.20 ↓ -70%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $69.10 ↓ -69%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $70.56 ↓ -68%
Cigna New Business ASO $70.56 ↓ -68%
InterGroup PPO $72.80 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $75.55 ↓ -66%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $78.40 ↓ -65%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $80.64 ↓ -64%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $89.60 ↓ -60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $93.08 ↓ -58%
Humana Commercial $95.20 ↓ -57%

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Thyroglobulin antibody at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $154.80 $14.79 – $206.55
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $138.60 $13.26 – $207.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $210.00 $15.73 – $280.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $505.20 $15.73 – $164.05
UPMC Somerset Somerset $88.80 $15.73 – $111.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $322.80 $13.74 – $457.30
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $253.60 $15.73 – $271.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $210.00 $15.73 – $280.00

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