Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening 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

$124.20

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.

$207.00

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.

$17.60 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,804.53 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 Managed Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -86%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $17.60 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $18.40 ↓ -85%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $20.02 ↓ -84%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $22.12 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $22.24 ↓ -82%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $23.73 ↓ -81%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -80%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $27.27 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.85 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $59.15 ↓ -52%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $62.53 ↓ -50%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $62.53 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $62.53 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $62.53 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $62.53 ↓ -50%
Aetna of PA Medicare $65.03 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $65.66 ↓ -47%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $67.53 ↓ -46%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $67.53 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $68.78 ↓ -45%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $73.79 ↓ -41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $87.44 ↓ -30%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $87.44 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $99.63 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $107.11 ↓ -14%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $107.11 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial $118.30 ↓ -5%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $118.30 ↓ -5%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $126.75 ↑ +2%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $135.20 ↑ +9%
InterGroup Commercial $135.20 ↑ +9%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $160.55 ↑ +29%
Cigna Medicare $3,804.53 ↑ +2963%

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Cytopathology cervical/vaginal thin layer manual screening at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $61.20 $16.00 – $81.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $61.20 $7.31 – $91.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $48.60 $11.10 – $68.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $115.20 $16.00 – $135.30
UPMC East Monroeville $61.20 $16.00 – $81.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $61.20 $17.60 – $21.88
UPMC Hanover Hanover $48.60 $16.00 – $32.42
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $61.20 $16.00 – $38.02

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