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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants 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

$2,381.40

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.

$3,969.00

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.

$59.27 with UPMC Health Plan vs $2,253.35 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 $59.27 ↓ -98%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $64.60 ↓ -97%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.36 ↓ -97%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $65.36 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $66.58 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $66.92 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare $67.32 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $68.63 ↓ -97%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.63 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.58 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.59 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $70.59 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $71.90 ↓ -97%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $78.47 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $82.04 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicaid $85.61 ↓ -96%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $105.80 ↓ -96%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $111.37 ↓ -95%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $121.58 ↓ -95%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $942.14 ↓ -60%
Cigna Commercial $1,060.40 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $1,060.40 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $1,160.78 ↓ -51%
Aetna EBR FI $1,537.58 ↓ -35%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $1,590.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $1,635.67 ↓ -31%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $1,670.13 ↓ -30%
Cigna New Business ASO $1,670.13 ↓ -30%
InterGroup PPO $1,723.15 ↓ -28%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $1,855.70 ↓ -22%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,908.72 ↓ -20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $2,120.80 ↓ -11%
Humana Commercial $2,253.35 ↓ -5%

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Warde analysis gene hfe common variants at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $2,381.40 $60.74 – $506.60
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $1,590.60 $54.48 – $2,250.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,048.20 $35.25 – $188.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $4,242.00 $64.60 – $477.70
UPMC Somerset Somerset $378.60 $64.60 – $473.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,590.60 $56.43 – $477.70
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $1,331.20 $40.32 – $201.60
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $324.60 $64.60 – $228.80

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