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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest 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

$1,906.20

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.

$3,177.00

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.

$81.52 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,700.45 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 $81.52 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $85.23 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicaid $88.93 ↓ -95%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $109.91 ↓ -94%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $115.69 ↓ -94%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $126.30 ↓ -93%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $594.61 ↓ -69%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $610.55 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $781.30 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare $794.25 ↓ -58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $962.61 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,270.80 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $1,270.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,588.50 ↓ -17%
Aetna EBR FI $1,842.66 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,906.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,960.21 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $2,001.51 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $2,001.51 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $2,065.05 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $2,223.90 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $2,287.44 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,541.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $2,700.45 ↑ +42%

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Ultrasound ob >=14wks ea addl gest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $1,759.20 $81.52 – $2,492.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.00 $54.54 – $653.91
UPMC Somerset Somerset $976.80 $49.00 – $1,221.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,555.20 $81.52 – $2,203.20
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $373.60 $54.54 – $602.06
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $309.00 $54.54 – $653.91

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