Observation direct referral from physician office for admission 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

$651.60

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.

$1,086.00

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.

$26.56 with UPMC Health Plan vs $24,448.03 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 $26.56 ↓ -96%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $50.00 ↓ -92%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $401.82 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $401.82 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $401.82 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $401.82 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $401.82 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $413.22 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $417.89 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $421.91 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $433.97 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $442.00 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $532.03 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison MedPLUS $679.00 ↑ +4%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $747.00 ↑ +15%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $760.20 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $760.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $814.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $868.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $868.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $1,031.70 ↑ +58%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $2,137.42 ↑ +228%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $2,137.43 ↑ +228%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $2,207.16 ↑ +239%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $2,569.10 ↑ +294%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $2,893.60 ↑ +344%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $3,246.61 ↑ +398%
Cigna Medicare $24,448.03 ↑ +3652%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp not published by hospital —
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Observation direct referral from physician office for admission at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $117.00 $27.00 – $2,064.00
UPMC Bedford Everett $166.20 $31.88 – $2,207.16
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $420.00 $95.90 – $2,064.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $84.00 $38.81 – $112.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $420.00 $169.40 – $3,000.00
UPMC East Monroeville $130.20 $31.88 – $2,207.16
UPMC Hamot Erie $138.60 $674.61 – $728.58
UPMC Northwest Seneca $112.80 $31.88 – $631.28

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