Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites 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

$49.20

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.

$82.00

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.

$17.78 with UPMC Work Partners vs $1,845.98 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 $17.78 ↓ -64%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $19.64 ↓ -60%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -55%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicaid $22.10 ↓ -55%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $23.10 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $24.71 ↓ -50%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $27.92 ↓ -43%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $28.70 ↓ -42%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $29.79 ↓ -39%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $30.34 ↓ -38%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $30.34 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $30.34 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $30.34 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $30.34 ↓ -38%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $31.36 ↓ -36%
Aetna of PA Medicare $31.55 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $31.86 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $32.77 ↓ -33%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $32.77 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $33.37 ↓ -32%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $34.24 ↓ -30%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $35.80 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial $57.40 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $57.40 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $61.50 ↑ +25%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $63.05 ↑ +28%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $65.60 ↑ +33%
InterGroup Commercial $65.60 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $77.60 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $77.60 ↑ +58%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $77.90 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $95.05 ↑ +93%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $95.05 ↑ +93%
Cigna Medicare $1,845.98 ↑ +3652%

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Warde 3400652 smear complex special stain ova/parasites at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $93.60 $17.78 – $124.80
UPMC Bedford Everett $104.40 $6.49 – $156.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $100.20 $8.88 – $141.95
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $100.20 $17.80 – $141.95
UPMC East Monroeville $358.80 $17.78 – $478.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $98.40 $17.78 – $46.67
UPMC Northwest Seneca $158.40 $16.31 – $23.10
UPMC Hanover Hanover $100.20 $8.88 – $28.77

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