Ghs nerve block lumbar or thoracic symp 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

$2,620.20

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.

$4,367.00

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.

$59.40 with UPMC Health Plan vs $98,309.90 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 $59.40 ↓ -98%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $59.40 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $62.10 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $75.05 ↓ -97%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $80.08 ↓ -97%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $84.30 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $92.03 ↓ -96%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $239.66 ↓ -91%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $264.75 ↓ -90%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $950.21 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $950.21 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,163.90 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,163.90 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,275.01 ↓ -51%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $1,615.79 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $1,615.79 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $1,615.79 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $1,615.79 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $1,615.79 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $1,661.64 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $1,680.42 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $1,696.58 ↓ -35%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $1,731.46 ↓ -34%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $1,745.05 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $1,777.37 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $1,906.63 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $2,139.39 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $3,056.90 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $3,056.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $3,275.25 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $3,493.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $3,493.60 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $4,148.65 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $98,309.90 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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