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Ustekinumab 130 mg/26 ml intravenous solution 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

$70.20

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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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$87.75

Gross charge

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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.

$8.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $73.95 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 $8.20 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $11.78 ↓ -83%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $12.99 ↓ -81%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $12.99 ↓ -81%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $12.99 ↓ -81%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $12.99 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $13.30 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $13.38 ↓ -81%
Aetna of PA Medicare $13.64 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $13.64 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $14.03 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $14.03 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $14.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $14.29 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $15.98 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $23.11 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $28.47 ↓ -59%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $31.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $34.80 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial $34.80 ↓ -50%
Aetna EBR FI $50.46 ↓ -28%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $52.20 ↓ -26%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $53.68 ↓ -24%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $54.81 ↓ -22%
Cigna New Business ASO $54.81 ↓ -22%
InterGroup PPO $56.55 ↓ -19%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $60.90 ↓ -13%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $62.64 ↓ -11%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $69.60 ↓ -1%
Humana Commercial $73.95 ↑ +5%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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Ustekinumab 130 mg/26 ml intravenous solution at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $55.80 $8.20 – $74.38
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $52.50 $8.20 – $73.95
UPMC Somerset Somerset $46.20 $8.81 – $57.75
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $70.00 $8.20 – $73.95
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $76.00 $12.99 – $85.50
UPMC Western Psychiatric Pittsburgh $52.50 $8.81 – $74.38
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $76.00 $12.99 – $85.50

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