Pulse ox multiple 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

$51.00

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.

$85.00

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.

$4.25 with Aetna vs $1,913.52 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 $4.25 ↓ -92%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $4.25 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $4.44 ↓ -91%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $5.37 ↓ -89%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $5.72 ↓ -89%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $6.03 ↓ -88%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $6.58 ↓ -87%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $14.98 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $14.98 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $18.34 ↓ -64%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $18.34 ↓ -64%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $29.75 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $31.45 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $31.45 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $31.45 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $31.45 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $31.45 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $31.83 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $32.34 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $32.71 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $33.02 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $33.97 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $34.59 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $37.11 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $39.81 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $41.64 ↓ -18%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $43.98 ↓ -14%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $59.50 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $59.50 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $63.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $68.00 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $68.00 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $80.75 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $1,913.52 ↑ +3652%

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Pulse ox multiple at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $148.80 $3.86 – $198.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $42.00 $4.05 – $63.00
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $102.00 $4.90 – $613.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $45.00 $4.05 – $60.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $102.00 $4.90 – $144.50
UPMC East Monroeville $86.40 $4.25 – $115.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $163.80 $4.25 – $43.53
UPMC Northwest Seneca $97.20 $4.25 – $43.71

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