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CT Angiogram of the Head at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$1,920.00
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.
$3,200.00
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.
$5.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $889.05 with Highmark BCBS of PA — 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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| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $5.60 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $5.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $5.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $5.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $5.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $5.92 | ↓ -100% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $6.09 | ↓ -100% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $6.16 | ↓ -100% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $6.22 | ↓ -100% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $6.39 | ↓ -100% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $6.51 | ↓ -100% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $6.99 | ↓ -100% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $11.20 | ↓ -99% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $11.20 | ↓ -99% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $12.00 | ↓ -99% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $12.80 | ↓ -99% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $12.80 | ↓ -99% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $15.20 | ↓ -99% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $309.42 | ↓ -84% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $309.42 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $323.48 | ↓ -83% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $360.19 | ↓ -81% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $390.96 | ↓ -80% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $417.15 | ↓ -78% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $439.12 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $479.37 | ↓ -75% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $701.00 | ↓ -63% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $722.50 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $725.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $725.82 | ↓ -62% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $798.11 | ↓ -58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $843.09 | ↓ -56% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $889.05 | ↓ -54% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $889.05 | ↓ -54% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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CT Angiogram of the Head at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,282.60 | $170.18 – $4,376.80 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $3,170.40 | $157.72 – $4,491.40 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,598.20 | $195.88 – $4,197.90 |
| UPMC Horizon-Greenville | Greenville | $2,427.00 | $151.95 – $3,438.25 |
| UPMC McKeesport | Mckeesport | $3,193.20 | $157.31 – $4,523.70 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,294.80 | $168.60 – $1,834.30 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,617.00 | $200.20 – $2,156.00 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $1,082.40 | $61.23 – $1,623.60 |