Parathyroid planar imaging 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

$540.60

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.

$901.00

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.

$98.19 with Aetna vs $20,283.31 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 $98.19 ↓ -82%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $98.19 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $102.65 ↓ -81%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $124.06 ↓ -77%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $132.37 ↓ -76%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $139.34 ↓ -74%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $152.12 ↓ -72%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $217.82 ↓ -60%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $240.62 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $246.76 ↓ -54%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $315.35 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $333.37 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $333.37 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $333.37 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $333.37 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $333.37 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $342.83 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $346.70 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $350.04 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $360.04 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $366.71 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $393.38 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $441.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $630.70 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $630.70 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $675.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $720.80 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $720.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $855.95 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $965.96 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $965.96 ↑ +79%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $1,183.19 ↑ +119%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $1,183.19 ↑ +119%
Cigna Medicare $20,283.31 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Parathyroid planar imaging at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $518.40 $62.50 – $691.20
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,228.80 $81.88 – $1,740.80
UPMC Cole Coudersport $1,032.00 $93.72 – $1,376.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,228.80 $81.88 – $1,740.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $783.60 $98.19 – $546.54
UPMC Northwest Seneca $944.40 $98.19 – $402.25
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,228.80 $81.88 – $614.19
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $1,498.80 $98.19 – $413.75

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