Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen 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

$45.00

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.

$90.00

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.

$7.35 with wellpoint west virginia 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 west virginia mgd mcaid $7.35 ↓ -84%
highmark health options chip $7.35 ↓ -84%
wellpoint wv chip $7.35 ↓ -84%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $7.35 ↓ -84%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $7.46 ↓ -83%
aetna better health wv chip $7.49 ↓ -83%
the health plan wv chip $7.49 ↓ -83%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $7.49 ↓ -83%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $7.78 ↓ -83%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $7.78 ↓ -83%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $8.05 ↓ -82%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $8.17 ↓ -82%
humana medicare advantage all plans $8.17 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $8.25 ↓ -82%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $8.25 ↓ -82%
wv senior advantage isnp $8.25 ↓ -82%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $8.25 ↓ -82%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $8.48 ↓ -81%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $8.58 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv peia $8.73 ↓ -81%
alliance coal alliance coal $9.72 ↓ -78%
highmark pa chip $10.50 ↓ -77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $12.29 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $16.16 ↓ -64%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $16.16 ↓ -64%
aetna aetna $18.13 ↓ -60%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +281%

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Albumin body fluid quantitative each specimen at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $151.20 $2.41 – $201.60
UPMC Bedford Everett $28.20 $0.67 – $42.30
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC Cole Coudersport $39.60 $2.41 – $52.80
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $40.20 $2.41 – $56.95
UPMC East Monroeville $34.20 $0.66 – $45.60
UPMC Hamot Erie $127.20 $1.20 – $8.40
UPMC Northwest Seneca $15.00 $0.67 – $8.40

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