Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Uniontown Hospital

500 W Berkeley St, Uniontown, PA · Wvumedicine · · NPI 1871594127

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Jul 9, 2026 · Ingested Sep 16, 2026

$1,311.50

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.

$2,623.00

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.

$59.98 with aetna better health pa vs $2,048.30 with aetna — 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
aetna better health pa chip $59.98 ↓ -95%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $65.44 ↓ -95%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $68.16 ↓ -95%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $68.16 ↓ -95%
upmc for kids chip $68.16 ↓ -95%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $68.16 ↓ -95%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $105.00 ↓ -92%
wellpoint wv chip $105.00 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $105.00 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $106.50 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $107.00 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $107.00 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $107.00 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $115.00 ↓ -91%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -87%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $879.10 ↓ -33%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $879.10 ↓ -33%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $923.05 ↓ -30%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $923.05 ↓ -30%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $923.05 ↓ -30%
humana medicare advantage all plans $923.05 ↓ -30%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $931.85 ↓ -29%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $931.85 ↓ -29%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $931.85 ↓ -29%
wv senior advantage isnp $931.85 ↓ -29%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $958.22 ↓ -27%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $969.21 ↓ -26%
the health plan wv peia $986.35 ↓ -25%
highmark pa chip $1,186.96 ↓ -9%
coventry health care worker's compensation $1,388.98 ↑ +6%
alliance coal alliance coal $1,538.42 ↑ +17%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $1,825.89 ↑ +39%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $1,825.89 ↑ +39%
aetna aetna $2,048.30 ↑ +56%

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $1,927.80 $54.53 – $2,570.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $1,550.40 $57.26 – $2,325.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $1,641.00 $69.25 – $2,324.75
UPMC Cole Coudersport $153.00 $57.26 – $1,041.88
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $1,641.00 $69.25 – $2,324.75
UPMC East Monroeville $2,243.40 $59.98 – $2,991.20
UPMC Hamot Erie $2,052.60 $59.98 – $1,300.05
UPMC Northwest Seneca $1,550.40 $52.38 – $938.54

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