Removal of intranasal lesion 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

$547.80

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.

$913.00

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.

$95.15 with Aetna vs $20,553.46 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 $95.15 ↓ -83%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $95.15 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $99.47 ↓ -82%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $120.23 ↓ -78%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $128.28 ↓ -77%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $135.04 ↓ -75%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $147.41 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $319.55 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $337.81 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $337.81 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $337.81 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $337.81 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $337.81 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $347.40 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $351.32 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $354.70 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $364.83 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $371.59 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $398.62 ↓ -27%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $479.78 ↓ -12%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $529.99 ↓ -3%
Cigna Commercial $639.10 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $639.10 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $684.75 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $730.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $730.40 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $867.35 ↑ +58%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,943.00 ↑ +255%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $4,040.64 ↑ +638%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $4,040.64 ↑ +638%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $4,949.31 ↑ +803%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $4,949.31 ↑ +803%
Cigna Medicare $20,553.46 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Removal of intranasal lesion at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $939.00 $90.83 – $1,252.00
Uniontown Hospital Uniontown $3,811.00 $95.15 – $6,674.52
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $86.50 – $3,339.23
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $95.15 – $4,496.91
UPMC Somerset Somerset not published $95.15 – $3,091.88
WellSpan Ephrata Community Hospital Ephrata not published $3,132.16 – $10,638.00

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