Ablation cryo thigh/knee 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

$598.50

Cash price

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$1,197.00

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.

$171.55 with upmc vs $557.06 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
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -71%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $239.08 ↓ -60%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $239.08 ↓ -60%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $251.03 ↓ -58%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $251.03 ↓ -58%
humana medicare advantage all plans $251.03 ↓ -58%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $251.03 ↓ -58%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $253.42 ↓ -58%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $253.42 ↓ -58%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $253.42 ↓ -58%
wv senior advantage isnp $253.42 ↓ -58%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $260.60 ↓ -56%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $263.59 ↓ -56%
the health plan wv peia $268.25 ↓ -55%
highmark pa chip $322.81 ↓ -46%
coventry health care worker's compensation $377.75 ↓ -37%
alliance coal alliance coal $418.39 ↓ -30%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $496.57 ↓ -17%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $496.57 ↓ -17%
aetna aetna $557.06 ↓ -7%

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Ablation cryo thigh/knee at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Presbyterian Pittsburgh $464.40 $18.77 – $251.57
UPMC St. Margaret Pittsburgh $336.00 $18.77 – $251.57
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $507.20 $161.64 – $161.64
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $18.59 – $247.00
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $48.44 – $1,471.05
UPMC East Monroeville not published $18.77 – $251.57
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $18.59 – $332.62
UPMC Hanover Hanover not published $48.44 – $366.66

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