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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes 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

$240.00

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.

$400.00

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.

$19.92 with UPMC Health Plan vs $232.05 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 $19.92 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $21.70 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $21.96 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $21.96 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $22.48 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare $22.62 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $23.06 ↓ -90%
Aetna of PA Medicare $23.06 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $23.71 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $23.72 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $23.72 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $24.16 ↓ -90%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.38 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $34.90 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicaid $36.42 ↓ -85%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $45.01 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $47.38 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $50.58 ↓ -79%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $51.72 ↓ -78%
Cigna Commercial $109.20 ↓ -55%
Aetna EBR ASO $109.20 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $154.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna EBR FI $158.34 ↓ -34%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $163.80 ↓ -32%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $168.44 ↓ -30%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $171.99 ↓ -28%
Cigna New Business ASO $171.99 ↓ -28%
InterGroup PPO $177.45 ↓ -26%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $190.86 ↓ -20%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $191.10 ↓ -20%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $196.56 ↓ -18%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $218.40 ↓ -9%
Humana Commercial $232.05 ↓ -3%

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Warde cobalt heavy metal quantitative each nes at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $386.40 $20.41 – $283.90
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $235.20 $18.31 – $352.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $309.60 $21.70 – $392.80
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $335.40 $21.70 – $475.15
UPMC Somerset Somerset $112.20 $21.70 – $140.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $677.40 $18.96 – $959.65
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $374.40 $21.70 – $225.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $309.60 $21.70 – $412.80

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