Thyroid imaging 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

$397.80

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.

$663.00

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.

$169.87 with UPMC Health Plan vs $14,925.46 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
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $169.87 ↓ -57%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $169.87 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $177.59 ↓ -55%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $214.64 ↓ -46%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $220.44 ↓ -45%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $229.02 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $232.05 ↓ -42%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $241.08 ↓ -39%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $243.50 ↓ -39%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $245.31 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $245.31 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $245.31 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $245.31 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $245.31 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $252.27 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $255.12 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $257.58 ↓ -35%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $263.18 ↓ -34%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $264.93 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $269.84 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $289.47 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $324.80 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $464.10 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $464.10 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $497.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $530.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $530.40 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $629.85 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $657.59 ↑ +65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $657.59 ↑ +65%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $805.47 ↑ +102%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $805.47 ↑ +102%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $1,383.34 ↑ +248%
Cigna Medicare $14,925.46 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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Thyroid imaging at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,228.80 $184.15 – $1,740.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,228.80 $184.15 – $1,878.58
UPMC Hanover Hanover $1,228.80 $184.15 – $614.19
UPMC Jameson New Castle $766.20 $137.69 – $478.88
UPMC Lititz Lititz $1,228.80 $184.15 – $617.50
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $764.40 $136.59 – $413.75
UPMC Memorial York $1,228.80 $110.28 – $1,148.80
UPMC Muncy Muncy $1,248.60 $169.87 – $263.18

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