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X-ray ribs 2 views left 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

$175.20

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.

$292.00

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.

$29.15 with UPMC Health Plan vs $248.20 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 $29.15 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $30.48 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicaid $31.80 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $35.43 ↓ -80%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $39.30 ↓ -78%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $41.37 ↓ -76%
PA Health & Wellness PA Medicaid HMO $45.16 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare $73.00 ↓ -58%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $76.13 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $80.19 ↓ -54%
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 ↓ -52%
UPMC Health Plan EPO Partners/EPO Select Plan/HMO $85.95 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $88.15 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $88.15 ↓ -50%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $90.66 ↓ -48%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.67 ↓ -48%
PA Health & Wellness Allwell Medicare Advantage DSNP/Medicare Advantage (Allwell by Wellcare) $90.67 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $92.34 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity/Managed Care - Social Mission $99.86 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $116.80 ↓ -33%
Aetna EBR ASO $116.80 ↓ -33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity/Managed Care $123.04 ↓ -30%
Aetna EBR FI $169.36 ↓ -3%
Aetna Neighborhood Network $175.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Home Depot Employer Group $180.16 ↑ +3%
Aetna NBR ASO/FI $183.96 ↑ +5%
Cigna New Business ASO $183.96 ↑ +5%
InterGroup PPO $189.80 ↑ +8%
Coventry/First Health Commercial $204.40 ↑ +17%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $210.24 ↑ +20%
Private Health Care Systems PPO $233.60 ↑ +33%
Humana Commercial $248.20 ↑ +42%
Tricare East Region not published by hospital
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray ribs 2 views left at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Passavant-McCandless Pittsburgh $419.40 $29.15 – $594.15
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $456.60 $29.15 – $684.90
UPMC Muncy Muncy $304.80 $21.12 – $406.40
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $686.40 $19.80 – $972.40
UPMC Somerset Somerset $188.40 $18.98 – $235.50
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $405.00 $29.15 – $573.75
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $368.80 $21.12 – $414.90
UPMC Williamsport Williamsport $304.80 $21.12 – $406.40

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