Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp 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

$219.60

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.

$366.00

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.

$12.71 with United Healthcare vs $8,239.39 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
United Healthcare Commercial $12.71 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -92%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.40 ↓ -92%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.24 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.73 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -89%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.27 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $30.80 ↓ -86%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $70.68 ↓ -68%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $78.08 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $128.10 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $135.42 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $135.42 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $135.42 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $135.42 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $135.42 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $140.84 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $142.19 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $146.25 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $146.25 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $148.96 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $159.80 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $211.44 ↓ -4%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $211.44 ↓ -4%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $256.20 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $256.20 ↑ +17%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $258.99 ↑ +18%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $258.99 ↑ +18%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $274.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $292.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $292.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $347.70 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $8,239.39 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Cytopath smear oth prep screen & interp at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $54.60 $11.53 – $77.35
UPMC Cole Coudersport $125.40 $16.80 – $167.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $54.60 $11.53 – $77.35
UPMC Hanover Hanover $54.60 $11.53 – $74.63
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $49.20 $11.65 – $71.31
UPMC Lititz Lititz $54.60 $11.53 – $73.97
UPMC Memorial York $54.60 $9.77 – $134.47
UPMC Muncy Muncy $100.20 $11.26 – $78.52

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