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Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid 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

$54.00

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$90.00

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.

$7.35 with UPMC Health Plan vs $72.25 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.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $7.35 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $8.01 ↓ -85%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $8.10 ↓ -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 $8.10 ↓ -85%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $8.29 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare $8.34 ↓ -85%
Aetna of PA Medicare $8.51 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $8.51 ↓ -84%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $8.75 ↓ -84%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $8.75 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $8.75 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $8.91 ↓ -84%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $12.72 ↓ -76%
Aetna EBR ASO $34.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna Commercial $34.00 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $35.07 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $43.21 ↓ -20%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $46.75 ↓ -13%
Aetna EBR FI $49.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.00 ↓ -6%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.45 ↓ -3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.55 ↓ -1%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.55 ↓ -1%
InterGroup PPO $55.25 ↑ +2%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $59.50 ↑ +10%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $61.20 ↑ +13%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $68.00 ↑ +26%
Humana Commercial $72.25 ↑ +34%

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Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $236.40 $7.53 – $316.20
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $142.20 $6.75 – $213.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $87.60 $6.32 – $116.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $42.00 $5.68 – $52.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $71.40 $6.99 – $101.15
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $105.60 $6.32 – $118.80
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $87.60 $6.32 – $116.80

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