X-ray measurement of pelvis at UPMC Kane
4372 Route 6, Kane, PA · UPMC · · NPI 146763537
$37.20
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.
$62.00
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.
$21.70 with UPMC Health Plan vs $1,395.74 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 | $21.70 | ↓ -42% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Together Blue Medicare Advantage | $22.94 | ↓ -38% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicare | $22.94 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Community Blue Medicare Advantage/Complete Blue Medicare Advantage | $22.94 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Freedom Blue Medicare Advantage | $22.94 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark BCBS of PA | Security Blue Medicare Advantage | $22.94 | ↓ -38% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicare | $23.59 | ↓ -37% |
| Aetna of PA | Medicare | $23.86 | ↓ -36% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Non Special Needs | $24.09 | ↓ -35% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Medicare | $24.78 | ↓ -33% |
| United Healthcare | Unison Advantage Special Needs | $25.23 | ↓ -32% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Partners/Select | $27.07 | ↓ -27% |
| Aetna | CHIP/Medicaid | $34.65 | ↓ -7% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Managed Medicaid | $34.65 | ↓ -7% |
| United Healthcare Community Plan for Families | Unison Kids | $36.23 | ↓ -3% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $43.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Horizon Health Plan | Commercial | $43.40 | ↑ +17% |
| Geisinger | Medicaid/CHIP | $43.78 | ↑ +18% |
| Multiplan | Auto/PPO/Worker's Compensation | $46.50 | ↑ +25% |
| Highmark Wholecare (prev Gateway) | Medicaid | $46.71 | ↑ +26% |
| AmeriHealth Caritas | Community HealthChoices (CHC)/Medicaid | $49.17 | ↑ +32% |
| Health Coalition Partners | PPO | $49.60 | ↑ +33% |
| InterGroup | Commercial | $49.60 | ↑ +33% |
| PA Health & Wellness | Community Health Choices/PA Medicaid HMO | $53.68 | ↑ +44% |
| Focus Healthcare | Disability/PPO/Auto | $58.90 | ↑ +58% |
| UPMC Health Plan | Commercial | $159.46 | ↑ +329% |
| Cigna | Medicare | $1,395.74 | ↑ +3652% |
| UPMC Work Partners | Workers Comp | not published by hospital | — |
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X-ray measurement of pelvis at other Pennsylvania hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| UPMC Magee | Pittsburgh | $749.40 | $34.65 – $53.68 |
| UPMC Wellsboro | Wellsboro | $504.00 | $24.32 – $53.68 |