Prealbumin 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

$79.20

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.

$132.00

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.

$14.42 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,971.58 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 Work Partners Workers Comp $14.42 ↓ -82%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $15.93 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $20.05 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.18 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.18 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $23.18 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $28.02 ↓ -65%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.90 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.47 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.36 ↓ -57%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $46.20 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $48.84 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $48.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $48.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $48.84 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $48.84 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $50.79 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $51.28 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $52.75 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $52.75 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $53.72 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $54.72 ↓ -31%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $57.63 ↓ -27%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $62.97 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $62.97 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $77.13 ↓ -3%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $77.13 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial $92.40 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $92.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $99.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $105.60 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $105.60 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $125.40 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $2,971.58 ↑ +3652%

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Prealbumin at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $175.20 $14.42 – $233.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $75.00 $5.26 – $112.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $74.40 $6.38 – $105.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $102.60 $9.48 – $136.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $74.40 $14.44 – $105.40
UPMC East Monroeville $218.40 $14.42 – $291.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $274.80 $14.42 – $28.27
UPMC Northwest Seneca $76.20 $13.23 – $23.18

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