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Ultrasound encephalogram at UPMC Northwest
100 Fairfield Drive, Seneca, PA · UPMC · · NPI 1619069440
$552.00
Cash price 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.
$920.00
Gross charge 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.
$86.08 with UPMC Health Plan vs $782.00 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $86.08 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $89.99 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $91.94 | ↓ -83% |
| Aetna | Medicaid | $93.90 | ↓ -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 | $101.38 | ↓ -82% |
| UPMC Health Plan | EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO | $103.79 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna | Medicare | $104.42 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $106.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $106.45 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $109.48 | ↓ -80% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $109.49 | ↓ -80% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) | $109.49 | ↓ -80% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $111.52 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $116.04 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $122.16 | ↓ -78% |
| PA Health & Wellness | PA Medicaid HMO | $133.35 | ↓ -76% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $203.98 | ↓ -63% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $209.52 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission | $259.50 | ↓ -53% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care | $319.72 | ↓ -42% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $368.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR ASO | $368.00 | ↓ -33% |
| Aetna | EBR FI | $533.60 | ↓ -3% |
| Aetna | Neighborhood Network | $552.00 | ↑ +0% |
| Aetna | Home Depot Employer Group | $567.64 | ↑ +3% |
| Aetna | NBR ASO/FI | $579.60 | ↑ +5% |
| Cigna | New Business ASO | $579.60 | ↑ +5% |
| InterGroup | PPO | $598.00 | ↑ +8% |
| Coventry/First Health | Commercial | $644.00 | ↑ +17% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $662.40 | ↑ +20% |
| Private Health Care Systems | PPO | $736.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Humana | Commercial | $782.00 | ↑ +42% |
| Tricare | East Region | not published by hospital | — |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Ultrasound encephalogram at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $520.80 | $84.51 – $781.20 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $610.20 | $60.80 – $813.60 |
| UPMC Presbyterian | Pittsburgh | $1,273.80 | $57.00 – $1,804.55 |
| UPMC Somerset | Somerset | $394.20 | $54.62 – $492.75 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $738.40 | $60.80 – $830.70 |
| UPMC Williamsport | Williamsport | $610.20 | $60.80 – $813.60 |