Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level 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

$73.20

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.

$122.00

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.

$13.38 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,363.76 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 $13.38 ↓ -82%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $14.78 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Commercial $18.63 ↓ -75%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $20.59 ↓ -72%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $20.59 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $21.53 ↓ -71%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $26.02 ↓ -64%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $27.76 ↓ -62%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $29.22 ↓ -60%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $31.90 ↓ -56%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $36.75 ↓ -50%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $38.85 ↓ -47%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $38.85 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $38.85 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $38.85 ↓ -47%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $38.85 ↓ -47%
Aetna of PA Medicare $40.40 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $40.79 ↓ -44%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $41.96 ↓ -43%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $41.96 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $42.73 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $45.84 ↓ -37%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $58.44 ↓ -20%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $58.44 ↓ -20%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $61.36 ↓ -16%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $71.58 ↓ -2%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $71.58 ↓ -2%
Cigna Commercial $73.50 ↑ +0%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $73.50 ↑ +0%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $78.75 ↑ +8%
InterGroup Commercial $84.00 ↑ +15%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $84.00 ↑ +15%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $99.75 ↑ +36%
Cigna Medicare $2,363.76 ↑ +3129%

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Valproic acid total therapeutic drug level at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $183.60 $13.38 – $244.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $91.20 $4.89 – $136.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $97.20 $13.40 – $137.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $93.00 $8.80 – $124.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $97.20 $13.40 – $137.70
UPMC East Monroeville $201.00 $13.38 – $268.00
UPMC Hamot Erie $222.60 $13.38 – $26.02
UPMC Northwest Seneca $96.00 $12.28 – $21.53

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