Mucopolysaccharides 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

$279.00

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.

$465.00

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.

$19.80 with UPMC Health Plan vs $10,468.08 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 Managed Medicaid $19.80 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $19.80 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $20.70 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $25.02 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $26.69 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Commercial $27.37 ↓ -90%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $28.10 ↓ -90%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $28.17 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $30.68 ↓ -89%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $31.12 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $120.82 ↓ -57%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $123.01 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $123.01 ↓ -56%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $150.67 ↓ -46%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $150.67 ↓ -46%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $162.75 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $172.05 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $172.05 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $172.05 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $172.05 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $172.05 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $178.93 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $180.65 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $185.81 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $185.81 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $189.25 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $203.02 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $325.50 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $325.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $348.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $372.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $372.00 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $441.75 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $10,468.08 ↑ +3652%

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Mucopolysaccharides at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $280.80 $18.00 – $374.40
UPMC East Monroeville $217.80 $18.00 – $290.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $318.00 $18.00 – $54.11
UPMC Northwest Seneca $223.80 $19.80 – $30.68
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $223.20 $18.00 – $53.48
UPMC Jameson New Castle $226.20 $19.80 – $55.06
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $162.00 $19.80 – $54.62
UPMC McKeesport Mckeesport $217.80 $19.80 – $54.62

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