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Warde erythropoietin 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

$80.40

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.

$134.00

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.

$16.50 with UPMC Health Plan vs $113.90 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 Medicaid $16.50 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $17.04 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $17.25 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $18.00 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.57 ↓ -77%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $18.79 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $18.79 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $19.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $19.35 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $19.73 ↓ -75%
Aetna of PA Medicare $19.73 ↓ -75%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $20.29 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $20.29 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $20.29 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $20.67 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $22.25 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $23.42 ↓ -71%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $25.56 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $27.43 ↓ -66%
Cigna Commercial $53.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $53.60 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $77.72 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $80.40 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $80.76 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $82.68 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $84.42 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $84.42 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $87.10 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $93.80 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $96.48 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $99.50 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $107.20 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $113.90 ↑ +42%

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Warde erythropoietin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $264.60 $16.50 – $374.85
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $189.60 $15.66 – $284.40
UPMC Muncy Muncy $178.80 $16.50 – $238.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $969.00 $15.00 – $1,372.75
UPMC Somerset Somerset $96.00 $16.50 – $120.00
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $108.60 $16.22 – $153.85
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $216.00 $15.00 – $243.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $178.80 $16.50 – $238.40

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