Egd varices ligation 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

$1,341.00

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.

$2,235.00

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.

$678.33 with UPMC Work Partners vs $50,314.32 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $678.33 ↓ -49%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $749.32 ↓ -44%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $826.95 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $826.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $826.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $826.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $826.95 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $850.42 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $860.03 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $868.30 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $893.11 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $909.64 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $975.80 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,020.91 ↓ -24%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,020.91 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,094.93 ↓ -18%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $1,229.25 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $1,229.25 ↓ -8%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,250.49 ↓ -7%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,250.49 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial $1,564.50 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $1,564.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $1,676.25 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,691.71 ↑ +26%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $1,788.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $1,788.00 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $2,123.25 ↑ +58%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $2,297.34 ↑ +71%
Cigna Medicare $50,314.32 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Egd varices ligation at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,675.80 $678.33 – $2,234.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $4,300.80 $652.52 – $6,451.20
UPMC Cole Coudersport $822.00 $379.76 – $1,096.00
UPMC East Monroeville $3,055.20 $720.64 – $4,073.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $3,098.40 $720.64 – $2,630.42
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $2,476.20 $686.56 – $1,953.23
UPMC Jameson New Castle $2,476.20 $686.56 – $2,441.54
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $5,442.60 $720.64 – $1,989.40

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