Ultrasound joint complete left 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

$278.40

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.

$464.00

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.

$44.97 with Highmark BCBS of PA vs $10,445.57 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
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $44.97 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $44.97 ↓ -84%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $55.09 ↓ -80%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $55.09 ↓ -80%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $162.40 ↓ -42%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $170.06 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $171.68 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $171.68 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $171.68 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $171.68 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $171.68 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $176.55 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $178.55 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $180.26 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $185.41 ↓ -33%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $187.85 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $188.85 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $202.58 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $227.31 ↓ -18%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $255.20 ↓ -8%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $255.20 ↓ -8%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $324.80 ↑ +17%
Cigna Commercial $324.80 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $348.00 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $371.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $371.20 ↑ +33%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $405.15 ↑ +46%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $440.80 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $10,445.57 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital —

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Ultrasound joint complete left at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Bedford Everett $626.40 $36.58 – $939.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $394.20 $55.95 – $558.45
UPMC Cole Coudersport $333.60 $59.18 – $444.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $394.20 $86.70 – $558.45
UPMC East Monroeville $1,414.20 $101.65 – $1,885.60
UPMC Northwest Seneca $625.80 $91.94 – $170.06
UPMC Hanover Hanover $394.20 $86.70 – $550.20
UPMC Horizon-Greenville Greenville $625.80 $90.77 – $190.24

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