Western blot test at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$118.20
Cash price 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.
$197.00
Gross charge 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.
$16.83 with UPMC Work Partners vs $2,498.83 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $16.83 | ↓ -86% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $18.59 | ↓ -84% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $23.41 | ↓ -80% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $25.56 | ↓ -78% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $25.56 | ↓ -78% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $26.73 | ↓ -77% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $32.30 | ↓ -73% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $34.46 | ↓ -71% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $36.28 | ↓ -69% |
| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $38.85 | ↓ -67% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $39.61 | ↓ -66% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $41.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $41.07 | ↓ -65% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $41.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $41.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $41.07 | ↓ -65% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $42.71 | ↓ -64% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $43.12 | ↓ -64% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $44.36 | ↓ -62% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $44.36 | ↓ -62% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $45.18 | ↓ -62% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $48.46 | ↓ -59% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $73.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $73.50 | ↓ -38% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $77.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $77.70 | ↓ -34% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $83.25 | ↓ -30% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $88.80 | ↓ -25% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $88.80 | ↓ -25% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $90.03 | ↓ -24% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $90.03 | ↓ -24% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $104.82 | ↓ -11% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $105.45 | ↓ -11% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $2,498.83 | ↑ +2014% |
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Western blot test at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $181.20 | $16.83 – $241.60 |
| UPMC Bedford | Everett | $250.20 | $6.14 – $375.30 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $86.40 | $16.86 – $122.40 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $86.40 | $16.86 – $142.35 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $357.60 | $16.83 – $476.80 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $293.40 | $16.83 – $46.28 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $156.60 | $15.44 – $26.73 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $86.40 | $16.86 – $31.65 |