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Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative 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

$99.00

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.

$165.00

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.

$20.22 with UPMC Health Plan vs $140.25 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 Medicaid $20.22 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $20.83 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.14 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicaid $22.06 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $22.70 ↓ -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 $22.97 ↓ -77%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.97 ↓ -77%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $23.52 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare $23.66 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $24.12 ↓ -76%
Aetna of PA Medicare $24.12 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $24.81 ↓ -75%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $24.81 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $24.81 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $25.27 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $25.28 ↓ -74%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.26 ↓ -72%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $31.15 ↓ -69%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $31.32 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial $66.00 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $66.00 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $78.62 ↓ -21%
Aetna EBR FI $95.70 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $99.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $101.81 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $103.95 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $103.95 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $107.25 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $115.50 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $118.80 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $132.00 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $140.25 ↑ +42%

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Warde pancreatic elastase fecal quantitative at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $145.80 $9.74 – $218.70
UPMC Muncy Muncy $456.60 $20.22 – $608.80
UPMC Somerset Somerset $58.80 $9.64 – $73.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $1,418.40 $9.83 – $2,009.40
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $552.00 $18.38 – $621.00
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $456.60 $20.22 – $608.80

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