MRI upper extremity w/dye 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

$5,122.20

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.

$8,537.00

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.

$101.85 with UPMC Health Plan vs $6,550.99 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 $101.85 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $107.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $107.67 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $107.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $107.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $107.67 ↓ -98%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $110.73 ↓ -98%
Aetna of PA Medicare $111.98 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $113.05 ↓ -98%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $116.28 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $118.44 ↓ -98%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $127.05 ↓ -98%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $160.05 ↓ -97%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $160.05 ↓ -97%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $203.70 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial $203.70 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $218.25 ↓ -96%
InterGroup Commercial $232.80 ↓ -95%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $232.80 ↓ -95%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $276.45 ↓ -95%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $1,109.81 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $1,110.59 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $1,110.59 ↓ -78%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $1,225.96 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,357.00 ↓ -74%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,360.35 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,360.35 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,393.15 ↓ -73%
Cigna Medicare $6,550.99 ↑ +28%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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MRI upper extremity w/dye at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,699.20 $425.00 – $2,265.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $2,713.80 $403.15 – $3,844.55
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,384.20 $399.40 – $1,845.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $2,713.80 $403.15 – $3,844.55
UPMC Hamot Erie $1,948.80 $200.26 – $1,109.81
UPMC Northwest Seneca $3,166.80 $308.78 – $1,109.81
UPMC Hanover Hanover $2,713.80 $403.15 – $2,504.00
UPMC Lititz Lititz $2,713.80 $345.08 – $2,006.79

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