Ankle arthroscopy/surgery 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

$2,057.67

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$4,115.34

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 $7,389.39 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

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

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
upmc commercial $171.55 ↓ -92%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $3,171.41 ↑ +54%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $3,171.41 ↑ +54%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $3,329.98 ↑ +62%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $3,329.98 ↑ +62%
humana medicare advantage all plans $3,329.98 ↑ +62%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $3,329.98 ↑ +62%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $3,361.69 ↑ +63%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $3,361.69 ↑ +63%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $3,361.69 ↑ +63%
wv senior advantage isnp $3,361.69 ↑ +63%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $3,456.84 ↑ +68%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $3,496.48 ↑ +70%
the health plan wv peia $3,558.32 ↑ +73%
highmark pa chip $4,282.04 ↑ +108%
coventry health care worker's compensation $5,010.83 ↑ +144%
alliance coal alliance coal $5,549.97 ↑ +170%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $6,587.02 ↑ +220%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $6,587.02 ↑ +220%
aetna aetna $7,389.39 ↑ +259%

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Ankle arthroscopy/surgery at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Cole Coudersport $903.60 $417.46 – $1,913.84
UPMC Altoona Altoona not published $836.96 – $3,340.82
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle not published $1,220.92 – $4,966.18
UPMC Community Osteopathic Harrisburg not published $1,220.92 – $7,348.95
UPMC East Monroeville not published $844.93 – $3,402.68
UPMC Hamot Erie not published $836.96 – $4,499.05
UPMC Kane Kane not published $1,913.84 – $2,374.88
UPMC Memorial York not published $682.16 – $4,978.02

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