Assay of fluoride 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

$122.40

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.

$204.00

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.

$8.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $4,592.45 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 Managed Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $9.20 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.12 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.86 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.49 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.63 ↓ -89%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $18.33 ↓ -85%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $20.24 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $25.49 ↓ -79%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $71.40 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $75.48 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $75.48 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $75.48 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $75.48 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $75.48 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $78.50 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $79.25 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $80.02 ↓ -35%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $80.02 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $81.52 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $81.52 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $83.03 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $89.07 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $98.01 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $98.01 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $113.44 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial $142.80 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $142.80 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $153.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $163.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $163.20 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $193.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $4,592.45 ↑ +3652%

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Assay of fluoride at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $227.40 $8.00 – $303.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $337.20 $6.69 – $505.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $118.80 $8.40 – $158.40
UPMC East Monroeville $217.80 $8.00 – $290.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $289.80 $8.00 – $50.39
UPMC Northwest Seneca $317.40 $8.80 – $19.47
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $112.80 $8.00 – $34.79
UPMC Jameson New Castle $112.80 $8.80 – $51.28

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