Beta-2 microglobulin 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

$189.60

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.

$316.00

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.

$15.99 with UPMC Work Partners vs $7,113.79 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 $15.99 ↓ -92%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $17.66 ↓ -91%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.90 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.85 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Commercial $22.24 ↓ -88%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.41 ↓ -86%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $28.18 ↓ -85%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.66 ↓ -84%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $32.38 ↓ -83%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $69.83 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $69.83 ↓ -63%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $71.42 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $85.54 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $85.54 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $110.60 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $116.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $116.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $116.92 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $116.92 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $116.92 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $121.60 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $122.77 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $126.27 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $126.27 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $128.61 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $137.97 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $221.20 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $221.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $237.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $252.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $252.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $300.20 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $7,113.79 ↑ +3652%

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Beta-2 microglobulin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $87.60 $15.99 – $116.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $5.84 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $81.60 $16.02 – $115.60
UPMC Cole Coudersport $111.00 $10.52 – $148.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $81.60 $16.02 – $96.99
UPMC East Monroeville $241.20 $15.99 – $321.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $165.00 $15.99 – $31.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $74.40 $14.67 – $21.85

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