Benign lesion paring 4+ 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

$141.00

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.

$235.00

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.

$42.83 with Aetna vs $5,290.32 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $42.83 ↓ -70%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $42.83 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $44.78 ↓ -68%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $54.12 ↓ -62%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $57.75 ↓ -59%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $60.79 ↓ -57%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $62.29 ↓ -56%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $66.36 ↓ -53%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $68.81 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $82.25 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $86.95 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $86.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $86.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $86.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $86.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $89.42 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $90.43 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $91.30 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $93.91 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $95.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $102.60 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $164.50 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $164.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $176.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $188.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $188.00 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $223.25 ↑ +58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $309.65 ↑ +120%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $373.29 ↑ +165%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $373.29 ↑ +165%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $457.24 ↑ +224%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $457.24 ↑ +224%
Cigna Medicare $5,290.32 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Benign lesion paring 4+ at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $671.40 $38.94 – $895.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Cole Coudersport $210.60 $13.58 – $2,094.25
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Hanover Hanover $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC Jameson New Castle $479.40 $42.83 – $892.40
UPMC Lititz Lititz $435.60 $49.45 – $1,016.56
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $436.20 $42.83 – $208.38

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