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Warde aldolase 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

$51.00

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.

$85.00

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.

$8.81 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.

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 $8.81 ↓ -83%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $9.60 ↓ -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 $9.71 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.71 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $9.90 ↓ -81%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $9.94 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare $10.00 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $10.20 ↓ -80%
Aetna of PA Medicare $10.20 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $10.35 ↓ -80%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $10.49 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $10.49 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $10.49 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $10.68 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $13.35 ↓ -74%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $14.05 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $15.34 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $17.37 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial $34.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $34.00 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $48.73 ↓ -4%
Aetna EBR FI $49.30 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $51.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $52.45 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $53.55 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $53.55 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $55.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $59.50 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $60.03 ↑ +18%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $61.20 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $68.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $72.25 ↑ +42%

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Warde aldolase at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $226.20 $9.02 – $320.45
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $142.20 $8.09 – $213.30
UPMC Muncy Muncy $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $222.60 $9.00 – $315.35
UPMC Somerset Somerset $49.20 $9.60 – $61.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $146.40 $8.38 – $207.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $168.00 $9.00 – $189.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $139.20 $9.60 – $185.60

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