Metered dose inhaler drug 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

$408.60

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.

$681.00

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.

$7.84 with UPMC Health Plan vs $15,330.67 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 Commercial $7.84 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $238.35 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $251.97 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $251.97 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $251.97 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $251.97 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $251.97 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $259.12 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $262.05 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $264.57 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $272.13 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $277.17 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $297.32 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $361.34 ↓ -12%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $374.55 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $374.55 ↓ -8%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $399.13 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial $476.70 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $476.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $510.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $544.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $544.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $646.95 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $15,330.67 ↑ +3652%

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Metered dose inhaler drug at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,149.60 $2.72 – $84.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,111.20 $2.72 – $137.70
UPMC East Monroeville $1,718.40 $2.72 – $122.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,932.80 $2.72 – $3.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,111.20 $2.86 – $12.88
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,718.40 $2.22 – $10.64
UPMC Jameson New Castle $1,111.20 $10.64 – $10.64
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $3,034.20 $2.99 – $10.64

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