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Treatment of thigh fracture 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

$3,352.80

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.

$5,588.00

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.

$348.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,749.80 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 $348.70 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $364.55 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicaid $380.40 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $470.11 ↓ -86%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $494.87 ↓ -85%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $540.23 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $817.27 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,383.75 ↓ -59%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $1,414.58 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,519.67 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,525.80 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $1,562.11 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare $1,571.57 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,602.09 ↓ -52%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,602.09 ↓ -52%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,647.71 ↓ -51%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,647.86 ↓ -51%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $1,647.86 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,678.38 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,742.87 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial $2,235.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $2,235.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $3,241.04 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $3,352.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $3,447.80 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $3,520.44 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $3,520.44 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $3,632.20 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $3,911.60 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $4,023.36 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $4,470.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $4,749.80 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Treatment of thigh fracture at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $2,479.80 $348.70 – $3,719.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $3,135.00 $348.70 – $4,180.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $3,594.00 $348.70 – $5,091.50
UPMC Somerset Somerset $2,055.00 $348.70 – $2,568.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,804.80 $348.70 – $2,556.80
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $3,791.20 $348.70 – $4,265.10
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $3,135.00 $348.70 – $4,180.00

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