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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$1,150.20
Cash price 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.
$1,917.00
Gross charge 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.
$123.55 with UPMC Health Plan vs $7,946.74 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $123.55 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $130.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $130.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $130.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $130.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $130.61 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $134.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $135.83 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $137.14 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $141.06 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $143.67 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $154.12 | ↓ -87% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $174.96 | ↓ -85% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $174.96 | ↓ -85% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $182.91 | ↓ -84% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $221.06 | ↓ -81% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $235.87 | ↓ -79% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $247.10 | ↓ -79% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $247.10 | ↓ -79% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $248.29 | ↓ -78% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $264.75 | ↓ -77% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $271.05 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $282.40 | ↓ -75% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $282.40 | ↓ -75% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $335.35 | ↓ -71% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $491.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $491.16 | ↓ -57% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $601.62 | ↓ -48% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $601.62 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $701.00 | ↓ -39% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $752.39 | ↓ -35% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $831.13 | ↓ -28% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $877.28 | ↓ -24% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $7,946.74 | ↑ +591% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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Head CT scan (with and without contrast) at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC East | Monroeville | $3,242.40 | $170.18 – $4,323.20 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $2,953.20 | $157.72 – $4,183.70 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $3,598.20 | $146.43 – $4,197.90 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $1,294.80 | $131.00 – $1,834.30 |
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $1,420.20 | $100.00 – $1,893.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $957.60 | $61.23 – $1,436.40 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $1,671.60 | $167.00 – $2,228.80 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $1,300.20 | $131.00 – $1,834.30 |