Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 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

$33.50

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.

$67.00

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.

$4.38 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 $4.38 ↓ -87%
wellpoint wv chip $4.38 ↓ -87%
highmark health options chip $4.38 ↓ -87%
highmark health options west va mgd mcaid $4.38 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv mgd mcaid $4.44 ↓ -87%
aetna better health mgd medicaid $4.46 ↓ -87%
aetna better health wv chip $4.46 ↓ -87%
the health plan wv chip $4.46 ↓ -87%
highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid highmark wholecare pennsylvania medicaid $4.80 ↓ -86%
united mine workers of america medicare advantage united mine workers of america medicare advantage $5.69 ↓ -83%
peak health medicare advantage all plans $5.69 ↓ -83%
humana medicare advantage all plans $5.97 ↓ -82%
amerihealth caritas pa medicare advantage all pl $5.97 ↓ -82%
senior life medicare advantage all plans $5.97 ↓ -82%
aetna medicare advantage all plans $5.97 ↓ -82%
wv senior advantage isnp $6.03 ↓ -82%
pa health & wellness medicare advantage all plan $6.03 ↓ -82%
the health plan wv medicare advantage all plans $6.03 ↓ -82%
geisinger pa medicare advantage all plans $6.03 ↓ -82%
unitedhealthcare medicare advantage all plans $6.20 ↓ -81%
upmc for life medicare advantage all plans $6.27 ↓ -81%
the health plan wv peia $6.38 ↓ -81%
highmark pa chip $7.68 ↓ -77%
alliance coal alliance coal $7.68 ↓ -77%
coventry health care worker's compensation $8.99 ↓ -73%
blue cross blue shield ppo blue cross blue shield ppo $11.82 ↓ -65%
blue cross blue shield traditional blue cross blue shield traditional $11.82 ↓ -65%
aetna aetna $13.26 ↓ -60%
upmc commercial $171.55 ↑ +412%

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Appl modality 1/> areas paraffin bath 97018 at other Pennsylvania hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
UPMC Altoona Altoona $103.20 $6.00 – $137.60
UPMC Carlisle Carlisle $24.60 $5.62 – $387.00
UPMC Cole Coudersport $73.80 $5.91 – $98.40
UPMC Kane Kane $90.60 $6.60 – $46.98
UPMC Lititz Lititz $24.60 $3.94 – $148.00
UPMC Magee Pittsburgh $198.60 $4.33 – $45.15
UPMC Memorial York $24.60 $3.94 – $148.00
UPMC Mercy Pittsburgh $80.40 $6.60 – $46.41

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