Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at UPMC Kane

4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537

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.

$1.77 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,862.59 with Cigna — 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 $1.77 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Commercial $7.11 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $7.69 ↓ -94%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $8.49 ↓ -93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $33.58 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $33.58 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $41.13 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $41.13 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $75.60 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $79.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $79.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $79.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $79.92 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $79.92 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $83.12 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $83.92 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $86.31 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $86.31 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $87.91 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $94.31 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $118.80 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $118.80 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $151.20 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $151.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $162.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $172.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $172.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $205.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $4,862.59 ↑ +3652%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $2.41 – $201.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $28.20 $0.67 – $42.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $39.60 $2.41 – $52.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC East Monroeville $34.20 $0.66 – $45.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.20 $1.20 – $8.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $15.00 $0.67 – $8.40

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