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Vitamin D Test 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

$145.80

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.

$243.00

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.

$26.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $206.55 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 $26.84 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $29.26 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $29.60 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.60 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $30.30 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $30.49 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $31.08 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $31.08 ↓ -79%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $31.97 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $31.97 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $31.97 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $32.56 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $45.00 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $47.05 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $48.37 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicaid $49.09 ↓ -66%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $60.67 ↓ -58%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $63.86 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $69.72 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $97.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $97.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $140.94 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $145.80 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $148.49 ↑ +2%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $149.93 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $153.09 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $153.09 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $157.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $170.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $174.96 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $182.95 ↑ +25%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $194.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $206.55 ↑ +42%

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Vitamin D Test at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC East Monroeville $441.60 $29.26 – $588.80
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $532.20 $3.06 – $57.76
UPMC Hamot Erie $501.00 $29.26 – $584.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $149.40 $29.30 – $211.65
UPMC Altoona Altoona $271.80 $29.26 – $362.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $141.00 $10.68 – $211.50
UPMC Cole Coudersport $147.00 $19.24 – $196.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $149.40 $29.30 – $184.45

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