Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) 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

$295.20

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.

$492.00

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.

$23.10 with Aetna vs $11,075.90 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
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $23.10 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $24.15 ↓ -92%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $24.98 ↓ -92%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $27.60 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $29.19 ↓ -90%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $31.14 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $32.78 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Commercial $34.74 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $35.79 ↓ -88%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $98.14 ↓ -67%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $109.07 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $109.07 ↓ -63%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $133.59 ↓ -55%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $133.59 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $172.20 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $182.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $182.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $182.04 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $182.04 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $182.04 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $189.32 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $191.14 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $196.60 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $196.60 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $200.24 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $214.81 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $344.40 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $344.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $369.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $393.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $393.60 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $467.40 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $11,075.90 ↑ +3652%

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Mayo dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $272.40 $21.00 – $363.20
UPMC Bedford Everett $125.40 $9.12 – $188.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $127.80 $12.10 – $181.05
UPMC Cole Coudersport $175.80 $16.43 – $234.40
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $127.80 $21.00 – $181.05
UPMC East Monroeville $378.00 $21.00 – $504.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $373.80 $21.00 – $48.85
UPMC Northwest Seneca $166.20 $22.92 – $27.29

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