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Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes 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

$121.20

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$202.00

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.

$23.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $202.09 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.

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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

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 $23.55 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $24.62 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicaid $25.69 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.75 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $33.42 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $36.49 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare $50.50 ↓ -58%
Aetna EBR ASO $80.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $80.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $101.00 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $117.16 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $121.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $124.63 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $127.26 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $127.26 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $131.30 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $141.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $145.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $161.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $164.03 ↑ +35%
Humana Commercial $171.70 ↑ +42%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $194.49 ↑ +60%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $202.09 ↑ +67%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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Training self management diabetes individual outpatient department per 30 minutes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $121.20 $23.55 – $181.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $400.20 $23.55 – $566.95
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $121.20 $23.55 – $171.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $70.80 $23.55 – $66.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $121.20 $23.55 – $171.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $121.20 $23.55 – $181.80

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