Strapping of knee at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$249.00
Cash price 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.
$415.00
Gross charge 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.
$28.05 with Aetna vs $9,342.48 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $28.05 | ↓ -89% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $28.05 | ↓ -89% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $29.32 | ↓ -88% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $35.44 | ↓ -86% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $37.82 | ↓ -85% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $39.81 | ↓ -84% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $43.46 | ↓ -83% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $87.63 | ↓ -65% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $96.81 | ↓ -61% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $125.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $125.21 | ↓ -50% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $153.36 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $153.36 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $153.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $153.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $153.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $153.55 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $153.55 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $157.91 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $159.69 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $161.23 | ↓ -35% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $165.83 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $168.91 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $181.19 | ↓ -27% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $203.31 | ↓ -18% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $290.50 | ↑ +17% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $290.50 | ↑ +17% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $294.60 | ↑ +18% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $311.25 | ↑ +25% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $332.00 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $332.00 | ↑ +33% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $394.25 | ↑ +58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $400.06 | ↑ +61% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $9,342.48 | ↑ +3652% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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Strapping of knee at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $411.60 | $32.38 – $583.10 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $307.80 | $19.34 – $143.64 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $411.60 | $32.38 – $583.10 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $411.60 | $32.38 – $197.02 |
| UPMC Lititz | Lititz | $411.60 | $32.38 – $198.08 |
| UPMC Memorial | York | $411.60 | $32.38 – $197.76 |
| UPMC Muncy | Muncy | $243.60 | $28.05 – $97.62 |
| UPMC Passavant-McCandless | Pittsburgh | $764.40 | $28.05 – $135.18 |