X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$176.40
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.
$294.00
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.
$19.25 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,238.16 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 |
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| UPMC Health Plan | CHIP | $19.25 | ↓ -89% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $20.35 | ↓ -88% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $20.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $20.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $20.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $20.35 | ↓ -88% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $20.93 | ↓ -88% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $21.16 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $21.37 | ↓ -88% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $21.98 | ↓ -88% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $22.39 | ↓ -87% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $24.01 | ↓ -86% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $34.13 | ↓ -81% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $34.13 | ↓ -81% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $35.68 | ↓ -80% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $38.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $38.50 | ↓ -78% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $41.25 | ↓ -77% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $43.13 | ↓ -76% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $44.00 | ↓ -75% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $44.00 | ↓ -75% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $46.02 | ↓ -74% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $48.44 | ↓ -73% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $52.25 | ↓ -70% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $52.88 | ↓ -70% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | $102.65 | ↓ -42% |
| Focus Healthcare | Workers Compensation | $113.39 | ↓ -36% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $113.94 | ↓ -35% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care - Social Mission | $122.79 | ↓ -30% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Social Mission Indemnity | $122.79 | ↓ -30% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $144.03 | ↓ -18% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Managed Care | $150.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Commercial - Indemnity | $150.40 | ↓ -15% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,238.16 | ↑ +602% |
| US Family Health Plan | Tricare Prime | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray l/s-spine bend vw only 2-3 vw at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPMC Altoona | Altoona | $113.40 | $21.00 – $151.20 |
| UPMC Carlisle | Carlisle | $262.80 | $27.51 – $372.30 |
| UPMC Cole | Coudersport | $370.20 | $32.58 – $493.60 |
| UPMC Community Osteopathic | Harrisburg | $262.80 | $27.51 – $372.30 |
| UPMC East | Monroeville | $436.20 | $34.13 – $581.60 |
| UPMC Hamot | Erie | $436.20 | $25.96 – $166.40 |
| UPMC Northwest | Seneca | $166.20 | $34.13 – $106.45 |
| UPMC Hanover | Hanover | $262.80 | $27.51 – $162.54 |