Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia 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

$135.60

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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.

$226.00

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.

$33.00 with Aetna vs $5,087.71 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 $33.00 ↓ -76%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $33.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $34.50 ↓ -75%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $41.70 ↓ -69%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $44.49 ↓ -67%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $46.83 ↓ -65%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $51.13 ↓ -62%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $83.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $83.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $83.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $83.62 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $83.62 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $85.99 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $86.96 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $87.80 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $90.31 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $91.98 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $98.67 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $103.91 ↓ -23%
United Healthcare Commercial $110.72 ↓ -18%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $114.79 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial $158.20 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $158.20 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $169.50 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $180.80 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $180.80 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $214.70 ↑ +58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $222.06 ↑ +64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $301.56 ↑ +122%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $335.96 ↑ +148%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $335.96 ↑ +148%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $411.51 ↑ +203%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $411.51 ↑ +203%
Cigna Medicare $5,087.71 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Pr removal foreign body external auditory canal without anesthesia at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $408.60 $30.00 – $544.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $210.00 $31.50 – $315.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $370.80 $38.10 – $636.66
UPMC Cole Coudersport $352.20 $20.79 – $2,325.85
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $370.80 $38.10 – $636.66
UPMC East Monroeville $388.80 $33.00 – $518.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $407.40 $33.00 – $178.73
UPMC Northwest Seneca $276.00 $33.00 – $129.03

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