Assay of breath ethanol at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$39.00
Cash price 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.
$65.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.57 with United Healthcare vs $1,463.28 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| United Healthcare | Commercial | $16.57 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $22.75 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $24.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $24.05 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $24.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $24.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $24.05 | ↓ -38% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $25.01 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $25.25 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $25.97 | ↓ -33% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $25.97 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $26.45 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $28.38 | ↓ -27% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $29.65 | ↓ -24% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $32.76 | ↓ -16% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $35.75 | ↓ -8% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $35.75 | ↓ -8% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $45.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $45.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $48.75 | ↑ +25% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $52.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $52.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $61.75 | ↑ +58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $64.16 | ↑ +65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $129.48 | ↑ +232% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $129.48 | ↑ +232% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $158.60 | ↑ +307% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $158.60 | ↑ +307% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,463.28 | ↑ +3652% |
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Assay of breath ethanol at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $202.80 | $24.19 – $32.40 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $124.20 | $24.61 – $33.08 |
| UPMC Mercy | Pittsburgh | $165.00 | $24.04 – $33.00 |
| WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital | Ephrata | $124.80 | $22.50 – $136.20 |