Aluminum - quest 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

$415.20

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.

$692.00

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.

$25.18 with UPMC Work Partners vs $15,578.30 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $25.18 ↓ -94%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $27.82 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Commercial $35.02 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $38.74 ↓ -91%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $38.74 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $40.50 ↓ -90%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $48.95 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $52.23 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $54.98 ↓ -87%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $60.02 ↓ -86%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $98.93 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $109.97 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $109.97 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $134.70 ↓ -68%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $134.70 ↓ -68%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $242.20 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $256.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $256.04 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $266.28 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $268.84 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $276.52 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $276.52 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $281.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $302.13 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $484.40 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $484.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $519.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $553.60 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $553.60 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $657.40 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $15,578.30 ↑ +3652%

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Aluminum - quest at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $319.20 $25.18 – $425.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $316.20 $9.19 – $474.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $128.40 $25.23 – $181.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $128.40 $25.23 – $181.90
UPMC East Monroeville $380.40 $25.18 – $507.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $307.80 $25.18 – $49.24
UPMC Northwest Seneca $168.00 $23.11 – $40.50
UPMC Hanover Hanover $128.40 $25.23 – $47.97

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