Very long chain fatty acids 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

$392.40

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.

$654.00

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.

$19.52 with UPMC Work Partners vs $14,722.85 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 $19.52 ↓ -95%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $21.57 ↓ -95%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $21.97 ↓ -94%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $21.97 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $22.97 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.82 ↓ -94%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.76 ↓ -93%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.62 ↓ -92%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.18 ↓ -92%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.03 ↓ -91%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $85.24 ↓ -78%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $85.24 ↓ -78%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $96.99 ↓ -75%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $104.41 ↓ -73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $104.41 ↓ -73%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $228.90 ↓ -42%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $241.98 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $241.98 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $241.98 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $241.98 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $241.98 ↓ -38%
Aetna of PA Medicare $251.66 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $254.08 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $261.34 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $261.34 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $266.18 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $285.54 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $457.80 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $457.80 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $490.50 ↑ +25%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $523.20 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $523.20 ↑ +33%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $621.30 ↑ +58%
Cigna Medicare $14,722.85 ↑ +3652%

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Very long chain fatty acids at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $238.20 $19.52 – $302.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $345.00 $7.13 – $517.50
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $42.00 $9.59 – $59.50
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $42.00 $14.00 – $131.71
UPMC East Monroeville $261.60 $19.52 – $348.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $432.00 $19.52 – $47.94
UPMC Northwest Seneca $315.00 $17.91 – $22.97
UPMC Hanover Hanover $42.00 $19.55 – $31.60

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