St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance 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

$216.00

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.

$360.00

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.

$126.00 with UPMC Health Plan vs $8,104.32 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 Health Plan CHIP $126.00 ↓ -42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $131.64 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $133.20 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $133.20 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $133.20 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $133.20 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $133.20 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $136.98 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $138.53 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $139.86 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $143.86 ↓ -33%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $145.42 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $146.52 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $157.18 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $176.36 ↓ -18%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $192.70 ↓ -11%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $198.00 ↓ -8%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $198.00 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial $252.00 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $252.00 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $270.00 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $288.00 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $288.00 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $342.00 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $464.75 ↑ +115%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $464.75 ↑ +115%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $569.26 ↑ +164%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $569.26 ↑ +164%
Cigna Medicare $8,104.32 ↑ +3652%

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St analysis behavior qualitative voice/resonance at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $435.00 $98.21 – $616.25
UPMC Cole Coudersport $354.60 $103.87 – $472.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $435.00 $98.21 – $616.25
UPMC East Monroeville $237.00 $69.79 – $316.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $508.80 $69.13 – $237.36
UPMC Northwest Seneca $404.40 $131.64 – $316.67
UPMC Hanover Hanover $435.00 $98.21 – $591.00
UPMC Lititz Lititz $435.00 $98.21 – $591.00

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