Admin ecg contrast agent 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

$299.00

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.

$598.00

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.

$24.19 with wellpoint wv vs $171.55 with upmc — 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
wellpoint wv chip $24.19 ↓ -92%
highmark health options chip $24.19 ↓ -92%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $24.19 ↓ -92%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $24.19 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $24.54 ↓ -92%
aetna better health wv chip $24.65 ↓ -92%
the health plan wv chip $24.65 ↓ -92%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $24.65 ↓ -92%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $26.50 ↓ -91%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $33.35 ↓ -89%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $33.35 ↓ -89%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $35.02 ↓ -88%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $35.02 ↓ -88%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $35.02 ↓ -88%
humana medicare advantage all plans $35.02 ↓ -88%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $35.35 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $35.35 ↓ -88%
wv senior advantage isnp $35.35 ↓ -88%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $35.35 ↓ -88%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $36.35 ↓ -88%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $36.77 ↓ -88%
the health plan wv peia $37.42 ↓ -87%
highmark pa chip $45.03 ↓ -85%
coventry health care worker's compensation $52.69 ↓ -82%
alliance coal alliance coal $58.36 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $69.27 ↓ -77%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $69.27 ↓ -77%
aetna aetna $77.71 ↓ -74%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -43%

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Admin ecg contrast agent at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $104.40 $37.84 – $139.20
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $297.60 $27.35 – $423.51
UPMC Muncy Muncy $294.60 $26.73 – $61.03
UPMC Somerset Somerset $297.60 $24.01 – $67.05
UPMC Wellsboro Wellsboro $356.80 $26.73 – $57.05

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