X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw 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

$229.80

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.

$383.00

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.

$67.41 with UPMC Health Plan vs $8,622.10 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 Health Plan Managed Medicaid $67.41 ↓ -71%
Aetna CHIP/Medicaid $67.41 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Community Plan for Families Unison Kids $70.47 ↓ -69%
Geisinger Medicaid/CHIP $85.17 ↓ -63%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicaid $90.88 ↓ -60%
AmeriHealth Caritas Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid $95.66 ↓ -58%
UPMC Work Partners Workers Comp $102.54 ↓ -55%
PA Health & Wellness Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO $104.43 ↓ -55%
Focus Healthcare Workers Compensation $113.27 ↓ -51%
UPMC Health Plan CHIP $134.05 ↓ -42%
UPMC Health Plan Managed Medicare $141.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Security Blue Medicare Advantage $141.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage $141.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage $141.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark BCBS of PA Together Blue Medicare Advantage $141.71 ↓ -38%
Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) Medicare $145.73 ↓ -37%
Aetna of PA Medicare $147.38 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Non Special Needs $148.80 ↓ -35%
AmeriHealth Caritas Medicare $153.05 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Unison Advantage Special Needs $155.88 ↓ -32%
UPMC Health Plan Partners/Select $167.22 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare Commercial $187.63 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial $268.10 ↑ +17%
Horizon Health Plan Commercial $268.10 ↑ +17%
Multiplan Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation $287.25 ↑ +25%
InterGroup Commercial $306.40 ↑ +33%
Health Coalition Partners PPO $306.40 ↑ +33%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care - Social Mission $324.69 ↑ +41%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity $324.69 ↑ +41%
UPMC Health Plan Commercial $355.46 ↑ +55%
Focus Healthcare Disability/PPO/Auto $363.85 ↑ +58%
Highmark BCBS of PA Commercial - Indemnity $397.71 ↑ +73%
Highmark BCBS of PA Managed Care $397.71 ↑ +73%
Cigna Medicare $8,622.10 ↑ +3652%
US Family Health Plan Tricare Prime not published by hospital

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X-ray exam entire spi 6/> vw at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $621.60 $39.30 – $828.80
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $262.80 $58.92 – $372.30
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $262.80 $58.92 – $482.72
UPMC East Monroeville $732.60 $39.67 – $976.80
UPMC Hamot Erie $786.60 $39.30 – $166.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $241.20 $67.41 – $106.45
UPMC Hanover Hanover $262.80 $58.92 – $162.54
UPMC Jameson New Castle $385.80 $39.99 – $251.90

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