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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) 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

$126.60

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$211.00

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.

$27.30 with UPMC Health Plan vs $179.35 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 Commercial $27.30 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare $52.75 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $59.67 ↓ -53%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $74.68 ↓ -41%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $76.13 ↓ -40%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage/Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage/Security Blue Medicare Advantage/Together Blue Medicare Advantage $83.95 ↓ -34%
Aetna EBR ASO $84.40 ↓ -33%
Cigna Commercial $84.40 ↓ -33%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $85.95 ↓ -32%
Aetna of PA Medicare $88.15 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $88.15 ↓ -30%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -28%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -28%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -28%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $92.01 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $92.34 ↓ -27%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $116.05 ↓ -8%
Aetna EBR FI $122.38 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $126.60 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $130.19 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $132.93 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $132.93 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $137.15 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $147.70 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $151.92 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $168.80 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $179.35 ↑ +42%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital
Tricare East Region not published by hospital

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X-ray eye detection foreign body (both sides) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $27.29 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $27.13 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $540.00 $19.16 – $720.00
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $17.96 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $17.22 – $235.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $27.36 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $652.80 $19.16 – $734.40
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $540.00 $19.16 – $720.00

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