Decompression of tibia nerve 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

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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.

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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.

$321.20 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,249.68 with UPMC Health Plan — 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 $321.20
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $321.20
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $335.80
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $405.85
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $433.04
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $455.84
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $497.63
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,251.46
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $1,382.43
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $2,203.36
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $2,203.36
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $2,392.98
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $2,698.86
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $2,698.86
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $3,249.68
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Decompression of tibia nerve at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $733.20 $306.60 – $1,470.59
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $292.00 – $2,010.67
UPMC Bedford Everett not published $306.60 – $2,010.67
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $370.84 – $2,988.90
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $394.20 – $5,805.45
UPMC East Monroeville not published $321.20 – $2,047.90
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $321.20 – $2,707.75
UPMC Lititz Lititz not published $370.84 – $3,000.90

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