Contrst x-ray uppr gi tract 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

$471.00

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.

$785.00

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.

$54.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,511.87 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 CHIP $54.60 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $57.72 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $57.72 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $57.72 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $57.72 ↓ -88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $57.72 ↓ -88%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $59.36 ↓ -87%
Aetna of PA Medicare $60.03 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $60.61 ↓ -87%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $62.34 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $63.49 ↓ -87%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $68.11 ↓ -86%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.80 ↓ -82%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $85.80 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial $109.20 ↓ -77%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $109.20 ↓ -77%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $117.00 ↓ -75%
InterGroup Commercial $124.80 ↓ -74%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $124.80 ↓ -74%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $148.20 ↓ -69%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $379.75 ↓ -19%
United Healthcare Commercial $384.57 ↓ -18%
Cigna Medicare $3,511.87 ↑ +646%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital

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