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Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 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

$181.80

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.

$303.00

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.

$41.73 with UPMC Health Plan vs $281.92 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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 $41.73 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $42.00 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $43.63 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicaid $45.53 ↓ -75%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $45.77 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $46.31 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $46.31 ↓ -75%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $47.41 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $47.70 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $48.63 ↓ -73%
Aetna of PA Medicare $48.63 ↓ -73%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $50.01 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.01 ↓ -72%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $50.01 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $50.94 ↓ -72%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $56.27 ↓ -69%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $59.23 ↓ -67%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $64.66 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $82.47 ↓ -55%
Cigna Commercial $121.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $121.20 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $175.74 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $181.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $186.95 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $190.89 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $190.89 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $196.95 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $212.10 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $218.16 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $228.82 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $242.40 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $257.55 ↑ +42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $281.92 ↑ +55%

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Warde lipoprotein-associated phospholipase a2 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $198.60 $41.73 – $281.35
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $200.40 $38.60 – $300.60
UPMC Muncy Muncy $266.40 $41.73 – $355.20
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $824.40 $37.94 – $1,167.90
UPMC Somerset Somerset $234.60 $41.73 – $293.25
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $298.20 $39.98 – $422.45
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $322.40 $37.94 – $362.70
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $266.40 $41.73 – $355.20

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