Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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

$595.20

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.

$992.00

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.

$8.89 with Aetna vs $3,917.09 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $8.89 ↓ -99%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $8.89 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $9.29 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $11.23 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $11.98 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $12.61 ↓ -98%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $13.77 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $60.90 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $64.38 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $64.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $64.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $64.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $64.38 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $66.21 ↓ -89%
Aetna of PA Medicare $66.96 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $67.60 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $69.53 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $70.82 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $75.97 ↓ -87%
Cigna Commercial $121.80 ↓ -80%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $121.80 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $125.85 ↓ -79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $125.85 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $130.50 ↓ -78%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $134.23 ↓ -77%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $139.20 ↓ -77%
InterGroup Commercial $139.20 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Commercial $145.50 ↓ -76%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $148.28 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $154.16 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $154.16 ↓ -74%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $165.30 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $221.57 ↓ -63%
Cigna Medicare $3,917.09 ↑ +558%

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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $226.80 $8.48 – $134.23
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $489.60 $8.89 – $93.83
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $406.80 $8.89 – $92.94
UPMC Muncy Muncy $118.20 $8.89 – $993.28
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $143.20 $8.89 – $993.28
WellSpan Chambersburg Hospital Chambersburg $100.80 $10.10 – $90.72
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata $100.80 $10.10 – $27.47
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $96.50 not published

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