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Ultrasound breast complete 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

$627.00

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.

$1,045.00

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.

$91.94 with UPMC Health Plan vs $888.25 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 $91.94 ↓ -85%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $101.38 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $103.79 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare $104.42 ↓ -83%
Aetna of PA Medicare $106.45 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $106.45 ↓ -83%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $109.48 ↓ -83%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $109.49 ↓ -83%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $109.49 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $111.52 ↓ -82%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $117.18 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $122.75 ↓ -80%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $140.97 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $144.38 ↓ -77%
Aetna EBR ASO $418.00 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $418.00 ↓ -33%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $574.75 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $606.10 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $627.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $644.76 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $658.35 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $658.35 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $679.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $731.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $752.40 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $836.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $888.25 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ultrasound breast complete at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $597.60 $45.15 – $896.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $546.60 $68.39 – $728.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,416.00 $45.58 – $2,006.00
UPMC Somerset Somerset $394.20 $44.69 – $492.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,305.60 $45.58 – $1,849.60
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $888.80 $68.39 – $999.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $546.60 $68.39 – $728.80

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