Smear nasal eosinophil 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

$106.20

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.

$177.00

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.

$5.72 with UPMC Work Partners vs $3,984.62 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 $5.72 ↓ -95%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $6.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $6.53 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $7.30 ↓ -93%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $7.30 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $7.64 ↓ -93%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $9.23 ↓ -91%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $9.85 ↓ -91%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $10.37 ↓ -90%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $11.32 ↓ -89%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $23.71 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $24.99 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $24.99 ↓ -76%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $30.61 ↓ -71%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $30.61 ↓ -71%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $61.95 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $65.49 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $65.49 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $65.49 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $65.49 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $65.49 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $68.11 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $68.76 ↓ -35%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $70.73 ↓ -33%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $70.73 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $72.04 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $77.28 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $123.90 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $123.90 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $132.75 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $141.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $141.60 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $168.15 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $3,984.62 ↑ +3652%

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Smear nasal eosinophil at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $54.60 $5.72 – $72.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $57.60 $2.09 – $86.40
UPMC Cole Coudersport $36.60 $3.76 – $48.80
UPMC East Monroeville $36.60 $5.72 – $48.80
UPMC Northwest Seneca $27.00 $5.25 – $7.64
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $52.20 $5.18 – $10.86
UPMC Jameson New Castle $18.00 $5.72 – $9.33
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $66.60 $5.42 – $11.32

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