Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker 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

$175.50

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.

$351.00

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.

$15.84 with highmark health options 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
highmark health options chip $15.84 ↓ -91%
wellpoint wv chip $15.84 ↓ -91%
wellpoint west virginia mgd mcaid $15.84 ↓ -91%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $15.84 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $16.07 ↓ -91%
the health plan wv chip $16.15 ↓ -91%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $16.15 ↓ -91%
aetna better health wv chip $16.15 ↓ -91%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $16.77 ↓ -90%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $16.77 ↓ -90%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $17.00 ↓ -90%
pennsylvania health & wellness medicaid $17.00 ↓ -90%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $17.61 ↓ -90%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $17.61 ↓ -90%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $17.61 ↓ -90%
humana medicare advantage all plans $17.61 ↓ -90%
wv senior advantage isnp $17.78 ↓ -90%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $17.78 ↓ -90%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $17.78 ↓ -90%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $17.78 ↓ -90%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $18.28 ↓ -90%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $18.49 ↓ -89%
the health plan wv peia $18.82 ↓ -89%
alliance coal alliance coal $20.96 ↓ -88%
aetna better health pa chip $22.00 ↓ -87%
highmark pa chip $22.64 ↓ -87%
geisinger pennsylvania mgd medicaid $24.00 ↓ -86%
upmc for you medicaid upmc for you medicaid $25.00 ↓ -86%
upmc for kids chip $25.00 ↓ -86%
amerihealth caritas pa medicaid amerihealth caritas pa medicaid $25.00 ↓ -86%
coventry health care worker's compensation $26.50 ↓ -85%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $34.83 ↓ -80%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $34.83 ↓ -80%
aetna aetna $39.07 ↓ -78%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -2%

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Alpha-fetoprotein tumor marker at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $154.80 $16.57 – $206.40
UPMC Bedford Everett $83.40 $6.05 – $125.10
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $85.20 $16.60 – $120.70
UPMC Cole Coudersport $115.20 $10.90 – $153.60
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg $85.20 $16.60 – $96.05
UPMC East Monroeville $250.80 $16.57 – $334.40
UPMC Hamot Erie $340.20 $16.57 – $32.42
UPMC Northwest Seneca $102.00 $15.21 – $23.00

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