Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level 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

$80.40

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.

$134.00

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.

$46.90 with UPMC Health Plan vs $3,016.61 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 CHIP $46.90 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $49.58 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $49.58 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $49.58 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $49.58 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $49.58 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $50.99 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $51.56 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $52.06 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $53.55 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $54.54 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $58.50 ↓ -27%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $73.70 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $73.70 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $93.80 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $93.80 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $100.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $107.20 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $107.20 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $127.30 ↑ +58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $136.51 ↑ +70%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $150.79 ↑ +88%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $405.27 ↑ +404%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $405.27 ↑ +404%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $496.41 ↑ +517%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $496.41 ↑ +517%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,002.18 ↑ +1146%
Cigna Medicare $3,016.61 ↑ +3652%

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Injection(s) diagnostic/therapeutic agent facet cervical/thoracic 2nd level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,318.80 $63.88 – $9,539.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $147.00 $67.91 – $196.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,318.80 $63.88 – $1,868.30
UPMC East Monroeville $845.40 $136.51 – $1,127.20
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,071.60 $136.51 – $642.91
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,318.80 $63.88 – $1,360.97
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,897.80 $136.51 – $738.28
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,897.80 $51.15 – $1,360.97

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