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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex 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

$129.60

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.

$216.00

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.

$23.64 with UPMC Health Plan vs $183.60 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 $23.64 ↓ -82%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $25.77 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $26.07 ↓ -80%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.07 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $26.69 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare $26.85 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $27.37 ↓ -79%
Aetna of PA Medicare $27.37 ↓ -79%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $28.15 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $28.16 ↓ -78%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $28.16 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $28.68 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $37.19 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $39.62 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $41.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicaid $43.22 ↓ -67%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $53.42 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $56.23 ↓ -57%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $61.39 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $86.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $86.40 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR FI $125.28 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $129.60 ↑ +0%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $130.74 ↑ +1%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $133.27 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $136.08 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $136.08 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $140.40 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $151.20 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $155.52 ↑ +20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $161.08 ↑ +24%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $172.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $183.60 ↑ +42%

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Warde virus isolation tissue culture innoculation presumptive id herpes simplex at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $292.80 $21.73 – $439.20
UPMC Muncy Muncy $739.80 $25.77 – $986.40
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $216.60 $24.23 – $306.85
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $1,827.60 $25.77 – $2,589.10
UPMC Somerset Somerset $145.20 $25.77 – $181.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $219.60 $22.51 – $311.10
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $894.40 $25.77 – $1,006.20
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $739.80 $25.77 – $986.40

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